Economic Weekly: Who will come up Trumps in a week of action?
- It’s a week that will bring about some clarity over domestic interest rate movements and the leadership of the ‘free world’ (putting aside the potential for lawsuits contesting the result…), with Wednesday NZT the focus of the action
- And, of course, Australia will stop on Tuesday afternoon for the 164th running of the Melbourne Cup (oh, and an RBA meeting)
- The Q3 NZ labour market this week is the most influential domestic data release ahead of the November 27 Monetary Policy Statement decision
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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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