23 May 2023

Business commentator Victoria Young

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 23 May 2023
Budget 2023 documents sit on the table in Parliament's debating chamber.

Budget 2023 documents sit on the table in Parliament's debating chamber. Photo: Johnny Blades / VNP

Two major regulators of companies - the Commerce Commission and the FMA have had their budgets trimmed, Victoria talks to Kathryn about whether class actions have changed this.

Also, tech investment as per tech investment report from TIN 100, 2022 was good but basically investment is falling behind, venture cap funding is drying up.  

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And economists are predicting Wednesday's monetary policy statement will see rates hiked again, as last week's budget has added inflation pressures.

Victoria Young is investigations with BusinessDesk.