Issues and International Team
Email: firstname.lastname@rbnz.govt.nz

Biography:

Phil joined the Bank in 2003 and works in the Issues Team, which monitors the international economy and also undertakes research on domestic economic issues. Phil was previously at NZIER where he worked on economic forecasting and consulting projects.

Current research interests:

• Household sector trends: saving, assets, debt, house prices
• External trade, including commodity price movements and currency hedging
• Labour market issues: wages, prices, productivity

Selected publications:

• Briggs, P (2006), “Family trusts: ownership, size, and their impact on measures of wealth and income”, RBNZ discussion paper DP2006/06
• Briggs, P (2004), “Currency hedging by exporters and importers”, Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin, December
• Briggs, P (2003), “Looking at the numbers: a view of New Zealand’s economic history”, NZIER Research Monograph 69
• Ballingall, J and P Briggs (2002), “A look at New Zealand’s comparative advantage: updating the Porter Study’s analysis of exports”, NZIER Working Paper, 2002/4
• Briggs, P, P Bishop and E Fan (2001), “New Zealand’s economic growth: why has it been low?”, NZIER Working Paper 2001/2