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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14 years 2 months

Latest articles

'There is no case to raise the OCR'

Opinion: Rodney Dickens offers an alternative Monetary Policy Statement

29th Sep 11, 9:08am

by Rodney Dickens

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

25th Aug 11, 10:36am

by Rodney Dickens

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

8th Aug 11, 1:55pm

by Rodney Dickens

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

29th Jun 11, 8:13am

by Rodney Dickens

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"

23rd Jun 11, 9:48am

by Rodney Dickens

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.

15th Jun 11, 8:15am

by Rodney Dickens

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

22nd Feb 11, 10:52pm

by Rodney Dickens

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

30th Jul 10, 7:07pm

by Rodney Dickens

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

28th Jun 10, 12:35pm

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

1st Jun 10, 6:15pm

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

3rd Mar 10, 10:31am

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

19th Jan 10, 12:33pm

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

23rd Dec 09, 11:13am

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

3rd Dec 09, 1:35pm

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

24th Nov 09, 3:00pm

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

4th Nov 09, 4:38pm

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

28th Oct 09, 2:08pm

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

30th Sep 09, 1:04pm

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

1st Sep 09, 4:28pm

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

31st Jul 09, 11:18am

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

22nd Jun 09, 5:25pm

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

9th Jun 09, 5:29pm

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

29th May 09, 2:54pm

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

14th May 09, 12:58pm

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

5th May 09, 11:17am

by Rodney Dickens

Opinion: RBNZ's 'Dumb and Dumber' monetary policy