Dominick Stephens
Associate
Dominick Stephens is a leading New Zealand economist and public sector executive with more than 25 years’ experience. He was Deputy Secretary and Chief Economic Advisor at the New Zealand Treasury from 2021 to 2025, where he was responsible for ensuring that Treasury analysis was grounded in sound economics. He chaired the Housing Technical Working Group, a cross-government expert group, chaired the whole-of-government Economic Advisory Group, and represented New Zealand in international economic forums.
Before joining Treasury, Dominick spent ten years as Chief Economist at Westpac New Zealand, advising business leaders, financial market participants, government officials and politicians on economic developments and their implications. Dominick started his career at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Economics from the University of Canterbury.
Dominick is well known for communicating complex economic issues in straightforward language to a wide range of audiences.
His research interests include housing markets and construction, exchange rates and interest rates, labour markets and demographics, taxation, regional and industry economics, economic modelling and forecasting, and banking and finance.