Infometrics Chief Executive and Principal Economist Brad Olsen and Chief Forecaster Gareth Kiernan look forward to the year ahead and discuss key issues for the economy in 2024, including how trends around interest rates, pricing pressures, migration, and spending activity might perform this year. Questions remain around if interest rates really will stay higher for longer, or if market eagerness for rates cuts sooner will win out. And with high population growth but falling building activity, how will the new government fare operating in a more restrained economic environment?