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Search results: Rodney Dickens
Not one to pull punches, Rodney says it as it is—and he has the stats to back it up. As the founder and managing director of Strategic Risk Analysis Limited, Rodney has an impressive track record with analysing and predicting economic growth and movements in the housing and labour market.
Rodney's Ravings: RBNZ doesn't need new labour market indicators, it needs better judgement
New research from the RBNZ highlights the four key indicators that (it believes) give us the best idea of where inflation is at, and where it's headed. But Squirrel guest blogger, Rodney Dickens, reckons it's the RBNZ's judgement that needs work more than anything.
Rodney's Ravings: The major flaws in the Reserve Bank's OCR decision-making
Once inflation's got its hooks in, it can take years for interest rate hikes to trickle through and reverse the damage. But, as Rodney Dickens explains, a more proactive approach from the RBNZ could go a long way to solving that problem.
Rodney's Ravings: The government's heavy hand in inflation woes
Price rises in recent years have hit some areas much harder than others - and Squirrel guest blogger, Rodney Dickens, reckons the government's got something to do with that (and not in a good way).
Rodney's Ravings: Auckland's decline will sow the seeds for its next outperformance
A mix of high residential construction levels and a falling population has proven a bit of a nasty cocktail for Auckland house prices. But they're the same factors that will usher in the region's recovery.
Rodney's Ravings: Seldom has residential building been more important
With sentiment across New Zealand's residential building sector at a new low right now, what are the implications for our construction sector, and the wider economy?
Rodney's Ravings: The case for a market-led fall in interest rates
Recent interest rate hikes have hit the economy, hard. While the Reserve Bank forges on with aggressive OCR increases, the market is reading the signs.
Rodney's Ravings: Economics works even if bank economists don't understand it
The experts have been predicting a “soft landing” for the New Zealand economy - but are we in fact well past the point of no return on the road to recession?
