10 May 2023
About Richard Yetsenga
Richard Yetsenga is Chief Economist and Head of Research at ANZ, based in Sydney. He leads the Bank's global research team, which focuses on Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
Richard joined ANZ in 2011 from HSBC in Hong Kong, where he was Managing Director of Emerging Market Strategy. Prior to his seven years at HSBC, Richard held economics roles with Deutsche Bank and the Australian Government.
Richard publishes on issues of broad economic relevance, including climate change, technology, inequality and the benefits of diversity.
The ANZ Research team has been recognised with more than 40 top-three rankings in major industry surveys across Australia, New Zealand and Asia in the past six years, alongside numerous industry awards.
Richard regularly appears on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and other regional media, his work has been published by the Lowy Interpreter, and he is an editorial contributor in the Australian Financial Review, The Australian, The Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Singapore’s The Business Times and Japan's Nikkei.
articles by Richard Yetsenga
11 Apr 2023
China: Innovate or stagnate?
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
03 Apr 2023
Liquidity: it’s dangerous going down
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
07 Mar 2023
Great barrier breached
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
09 Feb 2023
India: already risen and rising
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
23 Jan 2023
The recovery the world needs
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
26 Oct 2022
YETSENGA: Budget 2022, reframing the narrative
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
04 Aug 2022
Higher Rates and inflation: ending Australia’s decade in the economic doldrums
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
07 Jul 2022
China economy: a gradual shift, more suddenly
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
07 Jun 2022
Yetsenga: data lessons from Warhol to the Wisdom of Crowds to Winning Friends
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
23 May 2022
Election aftermath: a new era of policy
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
29 Mar 2022
Budget 2022-23: tightening policy to transition sustainably
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
08 Mar 2022
IWD 2022: does a rising tide lift all boats?
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
03 Mar 2022
Monitoring the economic damage of crisis
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
23 Nov 2021
COP26: time to walk the talk
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
29 Jul 2021
China policy: shifting the spotlight from tech
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
12 May 2021
VIDEO: the return of fiscal policy
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
06 May 2021
Post-crisis investment evolves
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
06 Apr 2021
Economic growth: full steam ahead
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
08 Mar 2021
Opening up to gender blindness in economic policy
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
09 Nov 2020
Return to normal programing – or growth - won’t solve equity problem
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
06 Oct 2020
Budget 2020: the new era of fiscal leadership
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
06 Oct 2020
The new fiscal reality
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
11 Jun 2020
Abstract climate change ends with pandemic
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
05 Mar 2020
IWD2020: equal economic ecosystems
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
15 Nov 2019
Monetary policy: reaching the bottom of the barrel
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
07 Nov 2019
Asia growth: a missed opportunity
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
24 Sep 2019
Climate change: shifting the economy
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
29 Jul 2019
Positive reform driving India
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
11 Jun 2019
Waiting on China’s ascendance
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
24 Apr 2019
VIDEO: it’s a steep learning curve on yield
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
10 Apr 2019
Global economy: should survive the horse trading
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
03 Apr 2019
FEDERAL BUDGET 2019: reaching peak budget
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
08 Mar 2019
IWD2019: the benefits of difference
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
04 Feb 2019
Aus house prices: what else are they telling us?
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
15 Jan 2019
New year, new outlook
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
08 Jan 2019
More than robotaxis: the tech revolution and productivity
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
30 Nov 2018
Why Chinese exports are not going to collapse
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
29 Oct 2018
Australia's China exposure is overexposed
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
08 Aug 2018
Japan’s point of no return
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
28 Jun 2018
Let’s not waste time on the why
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
12 Jun 2018
Is China the only light at the end of the tunnel?
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
18 May 2018
Australia – what’s the plan?
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
09 May 2018
BUDGET 2018: does no harm
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
20 Apr 2018
LONGREAD: tech shock > China shock
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
09 Mar 2018
Trump’s self-inflicted trade problem
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
18 Jan 2018
Is this as good as it gets for the economy?
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
11 Jan 2018
India, the elephant in the shadow of the dragon
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
08 Dec 2017
Will the pillars of growth hold in 2018?
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
02 Nov 2017
RBA should hold the line on rates
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
10 Oct 2017
Why GDP and welfare are parting company
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
02 Oct 2017
INFOGRAPHIC: Growth, above trend but modest
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
10 Aug 2017
Wages, tech and the other half of the chessboard
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
18 Jul 2017
The danger of jumping the recovery gun
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
26 Jun 2017
Five reasons a demographic time bomb is not looming
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
31 May 2017
China’s not the worry – but Australia is
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
10 May 2017
VIDEO: the key to Budget2017
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
10 May 2017
Budget2017: growth ambition
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
03 May 2017
The not-so-simple housing story
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
13 Jan 2017
Globalisation in the rear-view mirror in 2017
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
30 Nov 2016
A visit to China: beyond excess credit
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
25 Nov 2016
India: it’s time to look west
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
11 Nov 2016
You can’t predict the weather – or politics
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
04 May 2016
Australian Commonwealth Budget 2016-17: it’s a balancing act
Richard Yetsenga | Chief Economist, ANZ
10 Mar 2016