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Roger J Kerr is Executive Chairman of Barrington Treasury Services NZ Limited. He has written commentaries on the NZ dollar since 1981.
Roger J Kerr
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Opinion: Term borrowers should make hay while the sun shines
Opinion: Term borrowers should make hay while the sun shines
Unexpected double-whammy sends NZD cross-rates lower
Unexpected double-whammy sends NZD cross-rates lower
Why the banks are ignoring the RBNZ's MPS ... so far
Why the banks are ignoring the RBNZ's MPS ... so far
Multiple scenarios for future interest rate movements
Multiple scenarios for future interest rate movements
Risk is off the table again and the Kiwi suffers
Risk is off the table again and the Kiwi suffers
Why the Reserve Bank may ignore the earliest signs of inflation
Why the Reserve Bank may ignore the earliest signs of inflation
Why the NZD is more likely to fall than rise in the short term
Why the NZD is more likely to fall than rise in the short term
Long-term rates have reached their lowest point and will rise from here
Long-term rates have reached their lowest point and will rise from here
Tumbling commodity prices and falling Aussie dollar shatter NZD stability
Tumbling commodity prices and falling Aussie dollar shatter NZD stability
Conflicting forces will work to keep interest rates at modest levels
Conflicting forces will work to keep interest rates at modest levels
Opinion: Our commodity prices will fall when US interest rates rise
Opinion: Our commodity prices will fall when US interest rates rise
Opinion: Hope not translating as bank credit conditions tighten
Opinion: Hope not translating as bank credit conditions tighten
Opinion: Why good economic news is having no effect on the value of the NZD
Opinion: Why good economic news is having no effect on the value of the NZD
Opinion: Slower and longer upwards
Opinion: Slower and longer upwards
Opinion: Why the NZD is being ignored
Opinion: Why the NZD is being ignored
Opinion: Scene set for a 'new normal' 5% OCR
Opinion: Scene set for a 'new normal' 5% OCR
Opinion: Quarterly GDP growth over 0.8% on Thursday may boost Kiwi$
Opinion: Quarterly GDP growth over 0.8% on Thursday may boost Kiwi$
Opinion: Why Q4-09 growth won't surprise on the high side
Opinion: Why Q4-09 growth won't surprise on the high side
Opinion: China worries may pop latest commodities run-up, drive NZD down
Opinion: China worries may pop latest commodities run-up, drive NZD down
Opinion: Markets better than economists at forecasting rates
Opinion: Markets better than economists at forecasting rates
Opinion: Commodity prices start to re-trace - negative for the NZD
Opinion: Commodity prices start to re-trace - negative for the NZD
Opinion: Why bank economists are getting their forecasts so wrong
Opinion: Why bank economists are getting their forecasts so wrong
Opinion: Capital outflows and weak AUD to pressure NZD below 70c
Opinion: Capital outflows and weak AUD to pressure NZD below 70c
Opinion: Why markets are shifting towards a June/July OCR hike
Opinion: Why markets are shifting towards a June/July OCR hike
Opinion: Why commodity prices will ease back from here
Opinion: Why commodity prices will ease back from here