21 Jun 2022

Business commentator Pattrick Smellie

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 21 June 2022
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Pattrick says central banks everywhere have overshot their response to Covid resulting in higher-than-anticipated and swiftly-deflating asset prices.

He tells Kathryn there is a fragile consensus among bank economists that if there's a recession, it is likely to be short and shallow.

And new research from Kantar has found that, despite a duopoly, New Zealand supermarkets still score highly for reputation.

Pattrick Smellie is the editor and co-founder of BusinessDesk and has reported on the New Zealand economy and business since 1983.