Economist outs Reserve Bank's Orr as 'dove,' extends OCR rise to mid-2020
Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens says the central bank is more likely to shore up growth when the economy flags.
Nevil Gibson
Thu, 16 Aug 2018
A leading bank economist has broken a long-standing consensus with the Reserve Bank over its goldilocks approach to the economy.
Another bank has labelled slowing growth as “grumpy Auckland.”
Both agree the central bank (and the treasury) will have to scale down their optimistic forecasts
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Nevil Gibson
Thu, 16 Aug 2018
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