Economic Weekly: Soft edges, hard core
- Last week centred around a couple of significant data releases - Q1 2023 NZ CPI and March REINZ housing data
- Things will be somewhat quieter locally this week though, with NZ business and consumer confidence surveys the key releases
- The Q1 CPI in New Zealand, out last week, was below general market and RBNZ expectations, primarily due to lower prices of tradable goods
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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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