Economic Weekly: The Life of a Central Banker
- The life of a central banker isn’t always easy. You get given the keys to the economy and often receive more brickbats than bouquets for the decisions you make
- We’ll give the RBNZ a bouquet for last week. Given the juncture the economy is at, the 50bp cut may spark a Swift economic recovery without adding much risk the RBNZ can’t keep inflation contained over the next couple of years
- Of late the growing risk has been that the recovery is CANCELLED!, or at least gets bogged down
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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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