Dek Joe Sum

Photograph of two Kina Bank automatic teller machines in a Port Moresby shopping centre

Kina’s Westpac offer finally rejected – what’s next?

by Dek Joe Sum

September 15, 2021

Kina’s Westpac offer: why a banking duopoly would be bad for PNG

Kina’s Westpac offer: why a banking duopoly would be bad for PNG

by Dek Joe Sum

January 27, 2021

PNG’s debt as a share of GDP and interest costs as a share of revenue

PNG budget: pluses and minuses

by Maholopa Laveil, Dek Joe Sum

November 27, 2020

PNG money (Jan Messersmith Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

The PNG kina during COVID-19: standing out from the crowd

by Dek Joe Sum

May 14, 2020

Credit: RNZ

Thinking about PNG’s COVID-19 economic response: part 2

by Dek Joe Sum, Maholopa Laveil, Stephen Howes

April 30, 2020

The beginning of a very long queue at the NASFUND office, Four Mile, as unemployed people seek early release of their superannuation (Photo credit: Jotam Sinopane)

Thinking about PNG’s COVID-19 economic response: part 1

by Dek Joe Sum, Maholopa Laveil, Stephen Howes

April 29, 2020

Koki

Life in Port Moresby under lockdown

by Dek Joe Sum

March 27, 2020

Recent changes to the Kina Facility Rate (KFR): are they working?

by Dek Joe Sum

November 15, 2019

PNG’s 2016 GDP figures: better late than never

by Dek Joe Sum

July 19, 2019

Exchange rate flexibility critical for PNG

by Dek Joe Sum, Bao Nguyen

May 8, 2019