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Rodney Dickens

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Rodney is the MD of Strategic Risk Analysis, which prepares and sells reports on housing, construction, monetary policy and exchange rates.

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16 years 6 months

Latest articles

'There is no case to raise the OCR'
Opinion: Rodney Dickens offers an alternative Monetary Policy Statement
by Rodney Dickens
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Opinion: Rodney Dickens offers an alternative Monetary Policy Statement
How economists mostly got it wrong
Opinion: Rodney Dickens finds economists consistently over-estimated growth, housing consents and interest rates over the last year
by Rodney Dickens
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Opinion: Rodney Dickens finds economists consistently over-estimated growth, housing consents and interest rates over the last year
'OCR hikes not needed'
Opinion: The RBNZ shouldn’t be panicked into early OCR hikes unless it wants to impose unnecessary pain
by Rodney Dickens
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Opinion: The RBNZ shouldn’t be panicked into early OCR hikes unless it wants to impose unnecessary pain
Rodney Dickens' new OCR plan
Opinion: Rodney Dickens offers a 'superior framework' for making OCR decisions
by Rodney Dickens
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Opinion: Rodney Dickens offers a 'superior framework' for making OCR decisions
Why the RBNZ is chasing its tail with OCR decisions
Opinion: Rodney Dickens examines "the fundamental flaw in the way OCR decisions are made"
by Rodney Dickens
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Opinion: Rodney Dickens examines "the fundamental flaw in the way OCR decisions are made"
'Bollard's 'Go for Growth' plan failed'
Opinion: Rodney Dickens examines whether the Reserve Bank's operation of monetary policy since 1989 has helped or harmed the NZ economy.
by Rodney Dickens
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Opinion: Rodney Dickens examines whether the Reserve Bank's operation of monetary policy since 1989 has helped or harmed the NZ economy.
'Time for RBNZ to cut the OCR'
Opinion: Why the Christchurch earthquake should nudge the Reserve Bank into at least token cuts in the Official Cash Rate
by Rodney Dickens
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Opinion: Why the Christchurch earthquake should nudge the Reserve Bank into at least token cuts in the Official Cash Rate
'Why the RBNZ was wrong to hike'
Opinion: The RBNZ is underestimating the impact of the tax changes on new home building
by Rodney Dickens
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Opinion: The RBNZ is underestimating the impact of the tax changes on new home building
Why the housing bulls are wrong
Why rising interest rates will hit the housing market more than most think
by Rodney Dickens
Why rising interest rates will hit the housing market more than most think
Where house prices are going
How 'smart growth' and migration made Auckland housing unaffordable
by Rodney Dickens
How 'smart growth' and migration made Auckland housing unaffordable
Opinion: How 'smart growth' made
Opinion: How 'smart growth' made NZ section prices and housing unaffordable
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: How 'smart growth' made NZ section prices and housing unaffordable
Opinion: Why real house prices
Opinion: Why real house prices are 25% above their long term trend
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: Why real house prices are 25% above their long term trend
Opinion: Why the RBNZ's forecast
Opinion: Why the RBNZ's forecast for weak consumer spending growth is wishful thinking
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: Why the RBNZ's forecast for weak consumer spending growth is wishful thinking
Opinion: How NZ can learn
Opinion: How NZ can learn from the UK's North Sea oil experience
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: How NZ can learn from the UK's North Sea oil experience
Opinion: Supply still well above
Opinion: Supply still well above demand in Northland coastal section market
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: Supply still well above demand in Northland coastal section market
Opinion: Why Bollard needs to
Opinion: Why Bollard needs to learn from the RBA and lose his 'go for growth' approach
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: Why Bollard needs to learn from the RBA and lose his 'go for growth' approach
Opinion: Housing affordability problem to
Opinion: Housing affordability problem to re-emerge as interest rates rise
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: Housing affordability problem to re-emerge as interest rates rise
Opinion: NZ better off if
Opinion: NZ better off if RBA ran our monetary policy
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: NZ better off if RBA ran our monetary policy
Opinion: Why falling asset values
Opinion: Why falling asset values is a 'yesterday story' for NZ
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: Why falling asset values is a 'yesterday story' for NZ
Opinion: Another sign the recovery
Opinion: Another sign the recovery will come faster than most think
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: Another sign the recovery will come faster than most think
Opinion: A raving lesson for
Opinion: A raving lesson for NZ's economic forecasters
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: A raving lesson for NZ's economic forecasters
Opinion: Why Westpac's housing pessimists
Opinion: Why Westpac's housing pessimists are wrong
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: Why Westpac's housing pessimists are wrong
Opinion: Treasury's housing forecasters are
Opinion: Treasury's housing forecasters are in cloud cuckoo land
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: Treasury's housing forecasters are in cloud cuckoo land
Opinion: Stop worrying. There's plenty
Opinion: Stop worrying. There's plenty of low mortgage rate stimulus still to come
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: Stop worrying. There's plenty of low mortgage rate stimulus still to come
Opinion: RBNZ's 'Dumb and Dumber'
Opinion: RBNZ's 'Dumb and Dumber' monetary policy
by Rodney Dickens
Opinion: RBNZ's 'Dumb and Dumber' monetary policy