Craig Renney
Craig Renney is the chief economist for the Council of Trade Unions in New Zealand and an influential figure within the Labour Party's economic discussions. He has been vocal about the impact of part-privatisation of gentailers on energy prices and has published research highlighting the prioritization of dividends over investment in renewable energy generation.
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Countries Mentioned
| Country | Mentions | Sentiment | Dominance | + Persistence | x Population | = Reach | x GDP (millions) | = Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 1 | 5.00 | 0.21% | +0% | 4,822,233 | 10,260 | $210,000 | 447$ |
| Totals | 1 | 4,822,233 | 10,260 | $210,000 | 447$ |
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Each country's color is based on "Mentions" from the table above.
Recent Mentions
New Zealand:
Labour has put up high-profile Council of Trade Unions economist and former Grant Robertson staffer Craig Renney as its candidate in an attempt to claw back the seat from Genter.
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New Zealand:
Craig Renney, who is Council of Trade Unions chief economist and policy director and also a Labour candidate in the upcoming election, said it was likely to mean that more low-income people opted out of KiwiSaver.
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New Zealand:
Craig Renney shared an unflattering chart on social media showing the downward revisions of Treasury's forecasts.
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New Zealand:
Craig Renney is an economist seeking selection as a Labour candidate.
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New Zealand:
Craig Renney proposed that the Government should use its dividends to progressively bring the gentailers back into full public ownership.
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New Zealand:
Craig Renney is the policy director of the Council of Trade Unions and an economist who previously served as a senior economic adviser to then-Finance Minister Grant Robertson.
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New Zealand:
Renney – a director at the Council for Trade Unions with political aspirations – maintains the error was a mistake, not a fabrication.
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New Zealand:
Craig Renney is an economist for the Council of Trade Unions who criticized the latest WorkSafe changes.
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New Zealand:
Eric Crampton, the chief economist of the New Zealand Initiative think-tank, refused to accept Treasury’s invitation unless it lifted its ban on Council of Trade Unions economist Craig Renney.
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New Zealand:
Craig Renney is an economist with the Council of Trade Unions and was mentioned in relation to an invitation to the Budget lock-up.
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