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Bernard Hickey's presentation on the Credit Crunch to Bayleys on Feb 14

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This is a presentation on the Credit Crunch given by interest.co.nz Editor Bernard Hickey to a Bayleys conference in Auckland on February 14

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Bernard Hickey's presentation on the Credit Crunch to Bayleys on Feb 14

  1. 1. Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16 What the Credit Crunch means for New Zealand and where the silver linings are
  2. 2. <ul><li>September 15 – the day the neutron bomb went off and what almost happened </li></ul><ul><li>How the global banking system imploded </li></ul><ul><li>Why the debt mountain is so large </li></ul><ul><li>Why deleveraging is so powerful </li></ul><ul><li>The New Zealand connection </li></ul><ul><li>We’re not immune, but our world won’t end </li></ul><ul><li>What might happen next </li></ul><ul><li>Insolvency, nationalisation, deleveraging </li></ul><ul><li>The silver linings to this big cloud </li></ul>Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16
  3. 3. <ul><li>US Federal Reserve Chairmen Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke </li></ul>Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16
  4. 4. Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16 US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
  5. 5. <ul><li>Lehman CEO Dick Fuld AIG’s Martin Sullivan </li></ul>Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16
  6. 6. Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16 Rod Petricevic and Mark Bryers
  7. 7. Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16
  8. 8. Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16
  9. 9. Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16
  10. 10. <ul><li>Recession lasting well into 2010 </li></ul><ul><li>Global recession driven by de-leveraging </li></ul><ul><li>Unemployment rising past 8% by end 2010 </li></ul><ul><li>Median NZ house price to fall 30% from end 2007 peak by end 2010 </li></ul><ul><li>Prices won’t return to 2007 levels until 2018 </li></ul><ul><li>Consumption must drop NZ$1.5 bln/month </li></ul><ul><li>Non-essential retail and importers to suffer </li></ul><ul><li>The boom of the “roaring noughties” is over </li></ul>Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16
  11. 11. <ul><li>Trade restrictions </li></ul><ul><li>Financial nationalism </li></ul><ul><li>Rising long term interest rates </li></ul><ul><li>Stresses in the China-US nexus </li></ul><ul><li>Eurozone political and monetary instability </li></ul><ul><li>Very weak demand for exports </li></ul><ul><li>Strong demand for infrastructure </li></ul><ul><li>Weaker borrowing, consuming economy </li></ul><ul><li>Stronger savings and investing economy </li></ul><ul><li>Strong focus on efficiency, cost reduction </li></ul>Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16
  12. 12. <ul><li>Cheaper borrowing for homeowners </li></ul><ul><li>OCR to hit 2%, variable mortgage in low 5s </li></ul><ul><li>Lower fuel and food prices… </li></ul><ul><li>But not that much cheaper </li></ul><ul><li>Lower NZ dollar </li></ul><ul><li>Could got to 40 USc </li></ul><ul><li>Bargain hunters paradise </li></ul><ul><li>Cars, houses, farms, clothes, anything </li></ul><ul><li>Housing becomes more affordable </li></ul><ul><li>40% single income to pay median mortgage </li></ul>Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16
  13. 13. <ul><li>Flexible currencies and interest rates </li></ul><ul><li>Helicopter Ben and his money men </li></ul><ul><li>Fiscal stimuli the world over </li></ul><ul><li>We won’t repeat the mistakes of Smoot Hawley and shut down global trade </li></ul><ul><li>This was the recession we needed to have </li></ul><ul><li>Focus on infrastructure investment </li></ul><ul><li>Boost productivity and real incomes </li></ul><ul><li>Political stability in the wealthy west </li></ul>Bayley's Big Picture presentation Feb 16

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