About Dr Shane Oliver
Shane Oliver joined AMP in 1984, becoming Chief Economist in 1994 and is now Chief Economist and Head of Macro Strategy. Shane has extensive experience analysing economic and investment cycles and what current positioning means for the return potential for different asset classes such as shares, bonds, property and infrastructure.
Shane is a regular media commentator on economic and investment market issues and engages regularly with investors at public events and forums. Shane is Head of the Investment Strategy and Economics team, responsible for the provision of economic and macro investment analysis which is applied across more than $65 billion invested in multi-asset funds. He has a PhD in economics which focussed on the validly of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (it isn't) and asset price bubbles (there are).
More articles by Dr Shane Oliver
-
Oliver's insights - House Price Slump Australian home prices continue to slide and look likely to see a 15% fall. The home price slump will weigh on economic growth via negative wealth effects, but it’s not significant enough yet for the RBA to shift gears toward cutting rates given high inflation is the more pressing problem. But it likely will be by the second half next year. -
Weekly Market Update - 02-10-2026 - AMP Global share markets were mixed over the last week with US and Eurozone shares down as bond yields rose further, whereas Japanese shares surged helped by expectations that the BoJ won’t speed up the pace of rate hikes. -
Olivers Insights - RBA hike As widely expected, the RBA hikes 0.25% to 4.6%, as upside risks to inflation have “materialised.”