Economic Weekly: OCR is Orr's, for now
Last week’s central bank announcements played second-fiddle to Trump upping the trade war stakes, as Trump’s proposed tariffs on Chinese imports rattled financial markets. Meanwhile, the RBNZ Orr era begins on Tuesday 27th and we provide our first impressions on the new Policy Targets Agreement on page 2. It’s a short week for financial markets, but there will be plenty of second-tier NZ data and the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure to cap-off the week.
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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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