Economic Weekly: Cut to the chase
- It’s a very big week ahead, with NZ quarterly labour market data released and monetary policy announcements from both the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).
- We expect the RBNZ to cut the Official Cash Rate 25 basis points to 1.25% on Wednesday. afternoon, and it is likely to signal the possibility of a follow up cut within its published track.
- Meanwhile, we expect the RBA to keep the cash rate on hold at 1.0% at Tuesday’s meeting.
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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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