Enough money to cover month long lockdown - Robertson - a podcast by RNZ

The Finance Minister says the government has enough in the Covid-19 fund to cover a nationwide alert level 4 for at least month, before having to top up through borrowing.
Grant Robertson says the weekly cost to the economy is about one and half billion dollars, with about $5 billion left in the fund.
As of yesterday there were about 94,500 employer applications for the wage subsidy, with about $152 million paid out.
Robertson told political editor Jane Patterson that's tracking about the same as the last lockdown, but they're seeing fewer applications from the larger employers.

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