The encouraging signs for our economy weathering Covid-19

Each week the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's the strengths in our economy, and how we can make the most of them. Hosted by Frances Cook.<br /><br />In times of trouble, one of the best strategies is to pivot to your strengths. <br /><br />So here in New Zealand we're pretty lucky, as we have a lot of strengths to work with and get through the coming months. <br /><br />So far we're doing well against Covid-19, which should mean we are able to bring back our domestic economy once the health threat is over. <br /><br />China is starting to recover, which means we could have one of our major trading partners back soon. <br /><br />New Zealand government debt was far lower than other countries before this started, which means we have more options for pumping cash back into the system, and kickstarting things again. <br /><br />For the latest Cooking the Books, I talked to Mark Lister from Craig's Investment Partners about how these strengths look, and how we can use them.<br /><br />If you have a question about this podcast, or question you'd like answered in the next one, come and talk to me about it. I'm on Facebook here <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/" rel="noopener">https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/</a> Instagram here <a href="https://www.instagram.com/francescooknz" rel="noopener">https://www.instagram.com/francescooknz</a> and Twitter here <a href="https://twitter.com/FrancesCook" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/FrancesCook</a>