Results: New Zealand Economy
Fixing one-year highly favoured
In my recent survey, 96% of Mortgage Advisors said that people are favouring the one-year term when fixing their mortgage. The rea...
Structural falls in interest rates are almost over
You might think that as an economist I tell people what I think is going to happen. There are certainly elements of that, and gene...
Mortgage rates set to go under 2%
Following the recent speculation around New Zealand’s Official Cash Rate heading into the negatives, economists are expecting that...
What happens with negative interest rates?
Two weeks ago, the Reserve Bank made a point of noting that they are actively examining how a negative interest rates policy might work.
Is New Zealand's OCR heading below zero?
In recent months there’s been a good deal of speculation that New Zealand's Office Cash Rate (OCR) might drop below zero next year. It's already sitting at 0.25% and it’s expected to move downwards to stimulate activity in the economy.
The good and bad from the new lockdown
I recently talked about interest rates reducing further. Now, courtesy of the change in New Zealand's Alert levels, the chances have both gone up, and down that this will happen
Printing money and negative interest rates
A few people in recent months have been asking whether the printing of money will propel higher inflation which will lead to interest rates also surging higher. Answering their queries is actually quite easy.
