{
  "id": 16086087,
  "title": "New Zealand Cost Crisis Drives Election Vows to Rein In Business",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/new-zealand-cost-crisis-drives-election-vows-to-rein-in-business",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-22/new-zealand-cost-crisis-drives-election-vows-to-rein-in-business"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In New Zealand, the rising price of everyday items is sobering: bread costs 64% more than three years ago, butter is up 57% and electricity 27%. Hikes like these are causing politicians across the spectrum to propose radical market interventions to improve competition and lower costs ahead of next month’s election.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}