Tagged: NZ Economy

The Reserve Bank is going to have to keep mortgage rates low to prevent a collapse in consumption and the flow on impact on the economy. In my opinion we are in for a sustained period of low interest rates

Bank Economists seem to talk up mortgage rates but I’m not so sure! When you look at the fundamentals I struggle to see why rates need to increase much at all

I’m slightly bemused by how quickly some commentators are proclaiming the end of this – the mother of all recessions. If that’s it – finished – then the recession was quite dull by past standards and I will happily eat my shorts. The world is becoming a much faster place so I’m thinking that recessions

Given nobody else seems to know what they are talking about, I thought I might as well share my opinion on the Global Economy. In the eye of the global economic crisis, Governments rushed out and pumped a ton of money into their economies.  This stimulus has arguably done its job and Governments (especially the