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Noah Smith: 'Dynamic scoring,' a.k.a voodoo economics, creates policy with a bias
Assistant professor of finance, Noah Smith, says that dynamic scoring is the new 'voodoo economics'.
![Keep cash rate on hold - shadow board](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Keep cash rate on hold - shadow board
The monetary policy shadow board's advice to Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler is unchanged from six weeks ago - keep the official cash rate on hold at 3.5 per cent, with a cut the next best....
![Justin Fox: US Fed is strange, but it works](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Justin Fox: US Fed is strange, but it works
The Federal Reserve System is a strange, ungainly beast.
![NZ's biggest apartment plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ's biggest apartment plan
A new $300 million 800-unit Albany project, promoted as New Zealand's largest residential apartment development, has just been announced. Martin
![House prices: Are they up or down?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
House prices: Are they up or down?
A day after QV released stats showing yet another increase in property values, Auckland realtor Barfoot & Thompson says last month saw a fall in prices, as more properties came on the market.
![Auckland property market still strong](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Auckland property market still strong
In the last year, Auckland house prices were up 16 per cent and it is expected pressures will build up house prices even more.
![Sweden: the mistake Yellen wants to avoid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sweden: the mistake Yellen wants to avoid
No central banker today will raise interest rates without looking carefully at Sweden's example.