16 Dec 2020

Economy bouncing back but 2021 still looking grim

From Checkpoint, 6:11 pm on 16 December 2020

The runaway housing market is expected to bolt ahead by another 30 percent over the next five years - while wage growth will be less than half that.

The government books show the economy's bouncing back stronger and faster than expected, but the broader picture for 2021 is still looking grim - just less grim than predictions even a few months ago.

Covid-19 still remains a major risk.

Here's our political editor, Jane Patterson.