This week, Alice and Shak host Mary Jo Vergara, an economist from Kiwibank. In the second to last episode of Lunch Money for 2021 Alice, Shak and Mary Jo talk about how the economy fared in a very challenging year. They discuss Covid-19, the property market, inflation, the recent OCR decision and take a peek at what's waiting around the corner in 2022.

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The Economy in 2021 (with Mary Jo Vergara, Kiwibank economist)