Business sentiment
Forsyth Barr did a survey of businesses, and had around 1,500 responses. Someone sent me a link to the summary. Some interesting aspects:
- 51% say economy heading in the right direction and 19% wrong
- 59% say govt policy is supportive of their business and 14% obstructive
- 77% say the election outcome is important to their business
- The most favourable outcome would be a National-led Coalition that includes ACT
- The least favourable outcome would be a Labour-led Coalition that includes the Greens
- The biggest challenge is cost inflation