Business Spectator
Bernanke’s misguided fix for Germany
Ben Bernanke’s analysis of Germany’s exports problem is correct but it yields the wrong conclusions.
Year: 2015
National Business Review
Mercantilism colours Asia view
This week, the Asia New Zealand Foundation released its annual survey of New Zealanders’ Perceptions of Asia and Asian Peoples. In some ways, its results are entirely unsurprising as a large majority of New Zealanders acknowledge the growing importance of Asia. How could anyone with only a cursory knowledge of economic realities disagree?
Business Spectator
Greece is Putin’s pawn in a plot to divide the EU
The euro crisis has caused considerable economic and financial damage already. We can now see some of the political and security implications of a weakened Europe.
Insights
Location, Location, Location
I am not from Auckland, nor can I claim to be an expert on port operations, but I cannot help but wonder whether instead of talking about an extension of the port we should be talking about an entirely different question: Is the Port of Auckland really in the right spot?
Business Spectator
Germany’s bubble economy is on borrowed time
The real problems for Germany will begin once the ECB follows the Fed’s example and tapers its monetary stimulus. But thanks to the eurozone periphery, it may take years until the ECB feels ready to take this step. In the meantime, Germany may enjoy its bubble economy while it lasts.
Interest.co.nz
How Alan Bollard’s jacket may help teach NZ how to be a service economy in the Asia-Pacific
We may have believed that New Zealand was a rock star economy, but even rock stars have to learn new tunes every now and then. Learning how to be a service economy in the Asia-Pacific may be New Zealand’s next big challenge.
Business Spectator
Greece’s madmen at work
Hardly a day passes that a Greek government official does not add a needless provocation to the bailout debate. Which brings me back to my opening question: Is this just madness? Or is there method in it?
Insights
Respecting the Reserve Bank’s independence
Speculating and commenting on central banks’ next moves is something for foreign exchange traders, not Prime Ministers
Business Spectator
Political armament on planet Juncker
It is hard to find answers to Europe’s real problems while you are dreaming yourself to a different planet. Juncker and the whole rest of the EU’s political leadership seriously need a reality check before they continue to fantasise over their next grand projects.
Business Spectator
New Zealand’s $US150m Portuguese headache
The New Zealand Super Fund’s battle with Portugal is the first major clash in the two countries’ history. Fortunately, we do not have to expect any kind of retaliation, nor will the two sole frigates in the Royal New Zealand Navy set sail for Lisbon anytime soon.