This paper investigates the price stability properties of precious metals during the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, 2007-2008 Global Financial Crisis, and 2010 Eurozone Crisis. To analyse the interaction between precious metal prices and the US stock market stock performances, we use the ICSS...

China's trade surplus reached a record $102 billion in 2005 while the US trade deficit of $717 billion accounted for 5.8% of US Gross Domestic Product in the same year. US policy makers claim China's currency is undervalued about 25 to 35% against the US dollar and they blame China for holding...

This paper examines the exchange rate effects of monetary policy shocks in New Zealand in the framework of the international monetary transmission mechanism. The model variables are suggested by a hybrid New Open Economy Macroeconomic (NOEM) model. Our empirical analysis indicates plausible...

This article analyses the dynamic effects of unexpected domestic and foreign monetary policy shocks on industrial output in New Zealand based on a new open economy macroeconomic model. Empirical analyses are performed using unrestricted recursive open economy vector autoregressive models...

Since 1990, the European Union (EU) is New Zealand’s second biggest trading partner after Australia. New Zealand’s exports to the EU are mainly in agricultural products, such as sheep-meat, butter, venison, kiwifruit, apples, wools, hides and skins. New Zealand, on the other hand, imports...

Purpose: This study investigates the psychological impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on Vietnamese people and examines the factors affecting their psychological well-being during and after the lockdown period. Design/methodology/approach: Based on the survey answers of 701 Vietnamese respondents,...

Purpose: This study simultaneously explores the nexus among formal, semiformal and informal credit markets and farm households' credit demand determinants in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a multistage stratified random sampling...