15 Sep 2020

Government economic analysis bewilders Auckland businesses

From Morning Report, 7:14 am on 15 September 2020

Customer-starved Auckland businesses say they are bewildered by the government's upbeat economic analysis.

Treasury's latest measure of card spend and traffic volumes in the city suggest activity has rebounded to a strength last seen under Alert Level 1.

But as reporter Katie Todd found out, shop and restaurant owners aren't buying it.