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Yeah if 26k are dropped from the public service then there will definitely be businesses that supply the public sector that will also downsize as a result. Then there's the indirect impact - particularly in Wellington - of fewer public services spending money with local businesses that will then also cause a contraction in their profits.
But the article doesn't say 26k public service workers, it says 26k people total. So the 26k forecast must surely include flow on impacts of the 4k+ public service jobs lost?
Oh right, sorry I didn't catch that part.
I guess its hard to know - because 26k probably includes people made redundant as part of the general downturn triggered by the reserve bank.