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"2025-04-08T22:42:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-490d-72cb-b0a2-97e29d31ae35", "title": "Reserve Bank, bank capital etc", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/04/02/reserve-bank-bank-capital-etc/", "published_at": "2025-04-01T21:36:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-490d-72cb-b0a2-97e29db2fcfa", "title": "Not much parliamentary scrutiny", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/03/31/not-much-parliamentary-scrutiny/", "published_at": "2025-03-30T23:28:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-a8a7-7102-b6e7-02d41fd1969f", "title": "Farewell to Orr", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/03/31/farewell-to-orr/", "published_at": "2025-03-30T20:55:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-a8a7-7102-b6e7-02d4208b18a2", "title": "On the way ahead", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/03/10/on-the-way-ahead/", "published_at": "2025-03-09T22:32:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-a8a7-7102-b6e7-02d42186584e", "title": "A letter", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/03/08/a-letter/", "published_at": "2025-03-08T02:54:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-a8a7-7102-b6e7-02d4220b42c6", "title": "Bernanke on inflation targeting", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/03/07/bernanke-on-inflation-targeting/", "published_at": "2025-03-07T03:25:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-a8a7-7102-b6e7-02d422355d0e", "title": "$11 billion and out", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/03/06/11-billion-and-out/", "published_at": "2025-03-05T20:08:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-a8a7-7102-b6e7-02d42309f4b3", "title": "Australia’s Pandemic Exceptionalism", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/03/05/australias-pandemic-exceptionalism/", "published_at": "2025-03-04T22:47:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-a8a7-7102-b6e7-02d4231b4c1f", "title": "Or not", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/03/03/or-not/", "published_at": "2025-03-02T22:33:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-a8a7-7102-b6e7-02d423e52446", "title": "Forty years of floating", "url": 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"2025-02-19T21:42:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-0bfe-7096-8a0d-5fdde603bcdf", "title": "Really?", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/02/19/really-3/", "published_at": "2025-02-18T21:50:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-0bfe-7096-8a0d-5fdde6c0dc90", "title": "Willis and Rennie speaking", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/02/18/willis-and-rennie-speaking/", "published_at": "2025-02-17T22:40:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-0bfe-7096-8a0d-5fdde7650107", "title": "Going for growth…..perhaps", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/02/03/going-for-growth-perhaps/", "published_at": "2025-02-02T22:16:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-0bfe-7096-8a0d-5fdde7e96e31", "title": "Reviewing Covid experiences and policies", "url": "https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/01/30/reviewing-covid-experiences-and-policies/", "published_at": "2025-01-29T23:29:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-0bfe-7096-8a0d-5fdde879a283", "title": "Inflation (but not that sort)", "url": 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2026

Once over fairly lightly: the Covid monetary policy review original ↗

23 Sept 2026

Make believe original ↗

15 Sept 2026

Yet more “pretty (il)legal” stuff from the Reserve Bank original ↗

3 Aug 2026

Real wages haven’t fallen 6.4 per cent (or at all)original ↗

17 Jul 2026

A central banker’s fiction original ↗

4 May 2026

Oil and monetary policy original ↗

10 Apr 2026

A very poor start by the Governor original ↗

12 Feb 2026

2025

And that is that original ↗

10 Dec 2025

Fiscal failure original ↗

10 Dec 2025

Geoeconomics: fragmentation & the future of globalisation original ↗

9 Dec 2025

Productivity growth (or lack of it)original ↗

8 Dec 2025

A few charts updated original ↗

30 Nov 2025

Scattered MPS points original ↗

26 Nov 2025

Trade: NZ vs Australia original ↗

25 Nov 2025

Treasury on tax original ↗

24 Nov 2025

The new Governor….and those responsible for her original ↗

21 Nov 2025

An MPC member speaking original ↗

16 Nov 2025

Government departments championing…bigger roles for themselves original ↗

12 Nov 2025

RB still defending a series of costly mistakes original ↗

22 Oct 2025

Article for Central Banking magazine on Orr/Quigley/Willis saga, and lessons original ↗

24 Sept 2025

Outstanding questions original ↗

12 Sept 2025

A former Deputy Governor on the RB shambles original ↗

11 Sept 2025

Tangled webs original ↗

10 Sept 2025

Another snippet original ↗

8 Sept 2025

Six months today original ↗

4 Sept 2025

Willis and the Reserve Bank Board and Governor original ↗

4 Sept 2025

One more bit in the timeline original ↗

3 Sept 2025

Yes (he has “given a sufficient explanation”)original ↗

2 Sept 2025

Oh, what a tangled web original ↗

31 Aug 2025

Weak minister, weak institutions original ↗

28 Aug 2025

A timeline original ↗

28 Aug 2025

Reserve Bank, Treasury, and Willis original ↗

26 Aug 2025

Reserve Bank meeting the PM original ↗

26 Aug 2025

Reading Grant Robertson original ↗

25 Aug 2025

One more Treasury OIA about RB spending original ↗

12 Aug 2025

One in five roles could go at the Reserve Bank original ↗

7 Aug 2025

Thinking about the MPC original ↗

7 Aug 2025

Labour market data, and silly comparisons original ↗

6 Aug 2025

Reserve Bank bits and pieces original ↗

6 Aug 2025

Still waiting for a Governor original ↗

4 Aug 2025

That 24 February meeting again original ↗

1 Aug 2025

Orr, Quigley, and Willis: 31 July edition original ↗

30 Jul 2025

The Treasury file note of the 24 February meeting original ↗

30 Jul 2025

Rereading the material original ↗

29 Jul 2025

They didn’t tell her original ↗

29 Jul 2025

Two sets of Willis comments, and a plausible story original ↗

25 Jul 2025

Bad behaviour: an update original ↗

24 Jul 2025

Willis and Quigley questioned original ↗

23 Jul 2025

Bad behaviour: Orr, Quigley, and the rest original ↗

21 Jul 2025

Rating our Ministers of Finance original ↗

21 Jul 2025

Big scary numbers original ↗

18 Jul 2025

A few more bits from recent RB releases original ↗

16 Jul 2025

Reserve Bank planned spending: 12% up on 2023/24 original ↗

15 Jul 2025

What were the Minister and Treasury doing?original ↗

15 Jul 2025

41 questions original ↗

16 Jun 2025

Willis and Quigley original ↗

13 Jun 2025

Quigley, Orr, and the RB board: edition number 965 original ↗

12 Jun 2025

Why is Neil Quigley still RB board chair?original ↗

11 Jun 2025

The Orr story (well, part of it anyway)original ↗

11 Jun 2025

Productivity growth languishing original ↗

4 Jun 2025

Central banks expressing uncertainty original ↗

3 Jun 2025

Advertising for a Governor original ↗

3 Jun 2025

MPC members speaking original ↗

31 May 2025

May Monetary Policy Statement original ↗

29 May 2025

One last post on Investment Boost original ↗

26 May 2025

Some more post-Budget thoughts original ↗

26 May 2025

The (deeply underwhelming) Budget original ↗

22 May 2025

Hard to believe really original ↗

20 May 2025

Fiscal starting points original ↗

18 May 2025

Ministers of Finance original ↗

14 May 2025

Bad advice on public sector discount rates original ↗

29 Apr 2025

A pre-Budget speech original ↗

28 Apr 2025

Fiscal failure original ↗

24 Apr 2025

RB spending: the Board and the Minister original ↗

21 Apr 2025

A bit more unpicking of RB spending and the Funding Agreement original ↗

17 Apr 2025

Spin (and obfuscation)original ↗

16 Apr 2025

I’ve been reading original ↗

15 Apr 2025

What was the story re Orr’s resignation?original ↗

14 Apr 2025

Tariff madness and monetary policy original ↗

8 Apr 2025

Reserve Bank, bank capital etc original ↗

1 Apr 2025

Not much parliamentary scrutiny original ↗

30 Mar 2025

Farewell to Orr original ↗

30 Mar 2025

On the way ahead original ↗

9 Mar 2025

A letter original ↗

8 Mar 2025

Bernanke on inflation targeting original ↗

7 Mar 2025

$11 billion and out original ↗

5 Mar 2025

Australia’s Pandemic Exceptionalism original ↗

4 Mar 2025

Or not original ↗

2 Mar 2025

Forty years of floating original ↗

1 Mar 2025

Why is such rank dishonesty tolerated?original ↗

26 Feb 2025

Is compulsory saving the answer?original ↗

25 Feb 2025

Orr at it again original ↗

21 Feb 2025

The MPC returns from its summer holiday original ↗

19 Feb 2025

Really?original ↗

18 Feb 2025

Willis and Rennie speaking original ↗

17 Feb 2025

Going for growth…..perhaps original ↗

2 Feb 2025

Reviewing Covid experiences and policies original ↗

29 Jan 2025

Inflation (but not that sort)original ↗

21 Jan 2025

2024

2025 and what might have been original ↗

30 Dec 2024

The Secretary to the Treasury defending govt fiscal policy original ↗

26 Dec 2024