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Matt Nolan

About

Matt Nolan is a senior economist at Infometrics. He focuses primarily on the outlook for the private sector, by attempting to understand changes and movement in household and business behaviour. In order to do this he uses a range of empirical models, while keeping a keen eye on current events. He enjoys trying to explain the sometimes wonkish views of economists in a way that people can understand. Matt joined Infometrics in early 2007, and has an MCA in Economics from Victoria University of Wellington.

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13 years 4 months

Latest articles

Matt Nolan argues the government's push for an unemployment insurance scheme should be slowed down or implemented in a less ambitious way to start with
17th Apr 22, 6:00am
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Matt Nolan argues the government's push for an unemployment insurance scheme should be slowed down or implemented in a less ambitious way to start with
Economist Matt Nolan says understanding why the lift in GDP in December 2021 didn’t necessarily feel good may give us a further insight into why the sharp income shocks in the first few months of 2022 have felt particularly bad
25th Mar 22, 9:28am
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Economist Matt Nolan says understanding why the lift in GDP in December 2021 didn’t necessarily feel good may give us a further insight into why the sharp income shocks in the first few months of 2022 have felt particularly bad
Economist Matt Nolan thinks the actions taken by the RBNZ so far have been generally appropriate, but concedes his 'personal comfort' doesn't match what people are saying to him
9th Mar 22, 9:46am
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Economist Matt Nolan thinks the actions taken by the RBNZ so far have been generally appropriate, but concedes his 'personal comfort' doesn't match what people are saying to him
Matt Nolan on the top 10 freely available indicators to use to try and figure out what's going on with the New Zealand economic cycle
18th Aug 18, 10:02am
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Matt Nolan on the top 10 freely available indicators to use to try and figure out what's going on with the New Zealand economic cycle
Matt Nolan examines 10 elements of the changing tax and benefit system in New Zealand’s history
6th Apr 18, 10:00am
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Matt Nolan examines 10 elements of the changing tax and benefit system in New Zealand’s history
Matt Nolan delves into poverty, looking at what it is, where it is, how to combat it, child poverty and more
24th Nov 17, 10:02am
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Matt Nolan delves into poverty, looking at what it is, where it is, how to combat it, child poverty and more
Matt Nolan presents his Top 10 economic principles and capital-labour income shares
23rd Jun 17, 10:02am
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Matt Nolan presents his Top 10 economic principles and capital-labour income shares
Matt Nolan presents his Top 10 links on the economics of automation
3rd Mar 17, 10:08am
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Matt Nolan presents his Top 10 links on the economics of automation
Matt Nolan on the Top 10 economic principles to keep in mind
25th Nov 16, 10:02am
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Matt Nolan on the Top 10 economic principles to keep in mind
Matt Nolan on the Top 10 misleading economic facts
29th Jul 16, 10:02am
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Matt Nolan on the Top 10 misleading economic facts
Matt Nolan takes a detailed look at the concept of a universal basic income
1st Apr 16, 10:03am
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Matt Nolan takes a detailed look at the concept of a universal basic income
Matt Nolan on the Top 10 economics Christmas dinner discussion topics
18th Dec 15, 10:00am
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Matt Nolan on the Top 10 economics Christmas dinner discussion topics
Matt Nolan on 10 ways we can look at the New Zealand job and labour markets
21st Aug 15, 10:04am
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Matt Nolan on 10 ways we can look at the New Zealand job and labour markets
Matt Nolan takes a look at the Top 10 things that have improved since the turn of the millennium
10th Jul 15, 10:58am
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Matt Nolan takes a look at the Top 10 things that have improved since the turn of the millennium
Matt Nolan takes a look at the drivers of New Zealand growth over the next year
23rd Jan 15, 11:24am
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Matt Nolan takes a look at the drivers of New Zealand growth over the next year
Matt Nolan takes a look at income inequality in NZ, including why it is there
21st Nov 14, 10:30am
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Matt Nolan takes a look at income inequality in NZ, including why it is there
Matt Nolan sifts through three political parties' policies to try and help him decide who to vote for
12th Sep 14, 10:00am
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Matt Nolan sifts through three political parties' policies to try and help him decide who to vote for
Monday's Top 10: Matt Nolan on the top 10 misconceptions about economists, Dilbert & more
4th Aug 14, 10:30am
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Monday's Top 10: Matt Nolan on the top 10 misconceptions about economists, Dilbert & more
Friday's Top 10: Matt Nolan has a detailed look at global warming issues and policies, including the source of rising emissions, China's plans, the NZ Greens, Dilbert & more
6th Jun 14, 10:30am
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Friday's Top 10: Matt Nolan has a detailed look at global warming issues and policies, including the source of rising emissions, China's plans, the NZ Greens, Dilbert & more
Friday's Top 10: Matt Nolan on labour market recoveries, regional divergence, youth unemployment, NZ's real crisis, robots, Dilbert & more
28th Mar 14, 10:30am
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Friday's Top 10: Matt Nolan on labour market recoveries, regional divergence, youth unemployment, NZ's real crisis, robots, Dilbert & more
Friday's Top 10: The Valentines Day issue - The market for marriage, romance and income inequality, how govt influences your romantic choices, digital roses a good idea?
14th Feb 14, 10:30am
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Friday's Top 10: The Valentines Day issue - The market for marriage, romance and income inequality, how govt influences your romantic choices, digital roses a good idea?
The Pope and an economist walk into the bar - Matt Nolan looks at how economists have reacted to The Pope's Evangelii Gaudium; Dilbert and more
6th Dec 13, 10:03am
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The Pope and an economist walk into the bar - Matt Nolan looks at how economists have reacted to The Pope's Evangelii Gaudium; Dilbert and more
Matt Nolan explores the hidden costs of our GDP, and 'happiness machine' obsessions
8th Oct 13, 10:28am
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Matt Nolan explores the hidden costs of our GDP, and 'happiness machine' obsessions
Matt Nolan explores the factors that result in why some co-ordination projects work and why some don't
1st Oct 13, 11:36am
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Matt Nolan explores the factors that result in why some co-ordination projects work and why some don't
Friday's Top 10: Lessons from the Great Recession; The weight around the NZ economy's neck; Dilbert and more
20th Sep 13, 10:23am
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Friday's Top 10: Lessons from the Great Recession; The weight around the NZ economy's neck; Dilbert and more