Economic Weekly: Place your chips on the roulette wheel of growth
- Since the last bits of partial data that help form the Q1 GDP jigsaw puzzle came out last week, the question many people are asking is: has NZ dipped into recession?
- We will find out at 10:45am this Thursday whether NZ has slipped into a technical recession (two consecutive quarters of negative growth)
- It’s very much on the knife-edge. We are forecasting +0.1%
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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.
- Email: Mark