Economic Weekly: A little less taxation a little more (investment) action
- The Government managed to pull off a balancing act of ticking a box on its Going for Growth goals and still getting back into surplus when promised
- However, despite some marked reprioritisation of spending, NZ is still adding to its debt burden for some years yet
- The flagship policy of accelerated depreciation is the sort of dry subject that may only get the finance and accounting people all shook up, but it is a start on spurring businesses to up their investment spending
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Mark Smith
Senior Economist
Mark joined ASB in 2017, with over 20 years of public and private sector experience working as an economist in New Zealand and the UK.
His resume includes lengthy stints at ANZ and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and he has also worked at the Bank of England, HM Treasury and the New Zealand Transport Agency. Mark's areas of specialisation include interest rate strategy, macro-economic analysis and urban economics.
Born and bred in the Waikato, Mark studied at Waikato University where he graduated with a Master of Social Sciences, majoring in Economics.
Mark's key strengths are the ability to use his extensive experience, inquisitive nature, analytical ability, creativity and pragmatism to dig a little deeper and to deliver common sense solutions to tackle complex problems.
When not at work Mark likes to travel, keep fit and spend time with his friends and family.
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