Economic Weekly: The Crazy Train is nearing the final stop…maybe
- The messages from last week are that the RBNZ remains on course to cut the OCR in August
- The RBNZ’s core inflation measures, which it released last Monday afternoon, continued to gently edge down even as headline inflation lifted
- A speech on tariff impacts signalled that the RBNZ is continuing to assume that the overall impact of US tariffs will dampen NZ inflation pressures over the medium term
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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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