My opening line to was “well, it’s been interesting times since we last talked at the end of January!”. Since Rod has biked himself around Aotearoa and we’ve had a virus. I promised you I’d do an annual interview with him on the state of the nation, but as Rod’s spent the past month investigating the impact of Covid-19 on our economic and business spheres, the time for another chat is now. Thanks Rod for generously sharing your insights on our response to this event in a global context - after a listen here you can read more in his recent series of columns.  This episode is a little over 52 minutes, so here’s a few cheat times so you can skip to certain bits if you’re interested in his thoughts on a particular question I asked him: 2:03 Q | How do you see things unfolding around the globe with this outbreak health-wise?   13:12 Q | How do you see the economic impact rolling out globally as we stand today? 22:51 Q | Where does the Reserve Bank get its cash from?  25:18 Q | How would you rate the job our Governor of the Reserve Bank is doing right now?  29:01 Q |  What are your concerns around our inbound/outbound supply chains going forward? 39:13 Q | What are the things we need to be working on as a nation as we move forward?