Finance Minister Grant Robertson is headed to New York on a business delegation, where he will meet with the World Bank and IMF.
NZME business commentator Fran O'Sullivan has some insider insight into these discussions, and explains to us why Grant Robertson's timing is perfect in this interesting- and challenging- financial climate.
"What people are looking for is- what is the further downgrading of global growth going to be? You've got a number of economies in the developing area which are facing huge cash pressures, you've got the trade agenda, you've got climate action, you've got Ukraine, you name it."
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