Accountability again
I regularly write about the accountability, or more accurately lack of accountability, of the Reserve…
Author Peter Nicholl
Corruption and lobbying
Last year, the government set up an anti-corruption taskforce to look at the processes New…
Making the bank accountable
The issue of central bank independence has gained a lot of attention recently as Donald…
Capital gains tax taboo
At last, a political party in New Zealand has been brave enough to include a…
Cutting rates, raising risks
The Reserve Bank reduced its Official Cash Rate last month by 50 basis points to…
A dangerous delusion
Two significant items of economic news came out last month. Food price inflation had risen…
A dangerous delusion
Two significant items of economic news came out last week. Food price inflation had risen…
These rates are not high
As expected, the Reserve Bank cut their Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to…
What will the bank do?
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will announce its next Official Cash Rate decision on…
The disease of consultitis
I worked for 10 years in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in their immediate post-war reconstruction…
Spooking the markets
On August 5 the Japanese stock market had its biggest daily drop in 37 years.…
What economists really think
I attended an economics conference at Waikato University on February 15 and 16. The topics…
Inflation – it’s mixed news
Many people here and overseas are scrutinising inflation data closely trying to predict when central…
Waiting on the Reserve Bank
The year 2023 is finishing with more gloomy economic news than good news. But I…
Audit: favourable, work to do
The annual Audit Report on Waipa District Council from Audit NZ has recently been publicly…
Time for another shake-up
The major state-sector reforms of the late 1980s gave the New Zealand public sector a…