Liam Dann: The worst thing about the Covid-era in NZ
OPINION: Who knew the worst thing about a pandemic would turn out to be the insufferable complaining of people unable to accept that [...]
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Liam Dann: Lift-off for interest rates creeps ever closer
OPINION: Brace yourself. Inflation is coming. Interest rates are about to rise. Ok, stop me if you’ve heard this one before. I understand [...]
Liam Dann: Those interest rate hikes creep ever closer
OPINION: Brace yourself. Inflation is coming. Interest rates are about to rise. Ok, stop me if you’ve heard this one before. I understand [...]
Liam Dann: NZ economy a good bet? You can bank on it
OPINION: I suspect there would a have been few smiles around the offices of the Reserve Bank on Thursday morning, and not just [...]
Liam Dann: Where the right is getting it wrong
OPINION: The political right, struggling for relevancy in the post-Covid world, is repeating the same mistake the left made during its wilderness years [...]
Liam Dann: Why RBNZs forecast rate hikes are a huge relief
OPINION: Is New Zealand about to descend into the crazy, price-controlled, inflationary days of the1970s? Or do we now live in a magic [...]
Liam Dann: Could we make Westpac a Kiwi bank?
OPINION: I have a personal interest to disclose on the potential sale of Westpac. I bank with it. And as a customer I [...]
Liam Dann: RBNZ pushes back on celebrating recovery too soon
OPINION: The Reserve Bank has looked through New Zealand’s stronger-than-expected economic rebound- including its own rosier forecasts – to leave the official cash [...]
Liam Dann: Shock unemployment drop raises questions about stimulus
OPINION: Today’s shock fall in unemployment to 4.9 per cent means further interest rate cuts are almost certainly off the table. It confirms [...]
Liam Dann: Economists pick the top five trends to watch in 2021
This time last year, no one picked a global pandemic was the economic trend to watch in 2020. As part of an annual [...]