James Graham
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James Graham
@econjamesgraham.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Economics at University of Sydney. https://www.jamesandrewgraham.com/
Because: (1) firms (I.e. investment and hiring decisions) are sensitive to interest rates; (2) government spending/taxes is sensitive to interest rates; and (3) non-interest sensitive households are sensitive to the changes in employment, income, and govt. spending/taxes in (1) and (2).
December 1, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Oh probably.
November 28, 2024 at 3:51 AM
The chaser to this shot:

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November 28, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Of not much in particular. The Monetary Policy Remit signed by the same govt that threw out the dual mandate introduced an expectation of: “avoiding unnecessary instability in employment” (www.rbnz.govt.nz/-/media/proj...).

You say potatoes, I say potahtoes.
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November 22, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Tbf, no one seriously thought NZ’s dual mandate changed monetary policy decision making (www.yahoo.com/news/nz-robe...). Was mostly cosmetic.
NZ’s Robertson Says Dual Mandate Didn’t Change RBNZ Decisions
(Bloomberg) -- New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson has defended the central bank’s dual mandate as “normal” and not something that’s caused inflation or interest rates to be unnecessarily hig...
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November 22, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Australia appears to be running several bad ideas up the flagpole at the moment…
November 22, 2024 at 1:19 PM