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Reserve Bank Funding Agreement ratified

Friday, 5 June 2015, 11:21 am | Reserve Bank

5 June 2015 Reserve Bank Funding Agreement ratified A new five-year Funding Agreement (PDF 1.11MB) for the Reserve Bank was ratified by Parliament yesterday. “The Funding Agreement ensures that the Bank has sufficient resources to meet its expanded role ... More >>

Reserve Bank consulting on LVR rules for loans to investors

Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 11:35 am | Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank has published a consultation paper (PDF 1.37MB) about proposed changes to the rules that banks must follow for high-LVR mortgage loans. More >>

Reserve Bank seeks buyer for NZClear

Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 4:00 pm | Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank today invited organisations to submit Expressions of Interest to acquire the NZClear security settlement and depository business. More >>

Reserve Bank will further enhance dialogue

Thursday, 21 May 2015, 11:14 am | Reserve Bank

21 May 2015 Reserve Bank will further enhance dialogue The Reserve Bank has committed to further enhancing dialogue with its stakeholders, following its first external Stakeholder Engagement Survey. The Bank today released in its Bulletin the results ... More >>

New LVR restrictions on Auckland housing

Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 2:09 pm | Reserve Bank

New Zealand’s financial system is sound and operating effectively, but faces significant risks, Reserve Bank Governor, Graeme Wheeler, said today when releasing the Bank’s May Financial Stability Report . More >>

Reserve Bank Bulletin covers capital markets

Friday, 1 May 2015, 11:20 am | Reserve Bank

Reserve Bank Bulletin covers capital markets The Reserve Bank today published an article in the Reserve Bank Bulletin that describes New Zealand’s capital markets, and the role they play in the functioning of financial markets and the real economy. ... More >>

Reserve Bank completes licensing of non-bank deposit takers

Friday, 1 May 2015, 10:17 am | Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank has completed the licensing of Non-bank Deposit Takers (NBDTs), with licences issued to 31 entities. More >>

OCR unchanged at 3.5 percent

Thursday, 30 April 2015, 10:17 am | Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank today left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 3.5 percent. Trading partner growth continues at around its long-term average, but remains dependent on highly accommodative monetary settings. Policy interest rates are at record lows ... More >>

Monetary policy to remain stimulatory

Thursday, 23 April 2015, 12:49 pm | Reserve Bank

Monetary policy to remain stimulatory The Reserve Bank today said it will ensure that monetary policy is stimulatory to support output growth above potential, to help lift inflation back to target. Assistant Governor Dr John McDermott said that ... More >>

RBNZ appoints external monetary policy advisers

Thursday, 23 April 2015, 9:42 am | Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank has appointed Tony Caughey and Conor English as part-time external monetary policy advisers. More >>

Anzac commemorative coins march out

Monday, 20 April 2015, 12:10 pm | Reserve Bank

More than three quarters of the coloured circulating commemorative coins minted to mark the Anzac centenary have been taken up by the public. More >>

Action needed to reduce housing imbalances

Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 12:43 pm | Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank today urged greater attention be given to reducing housing market imbalances that are presenting an increasing risk to financial and economic stability. More >>

Bank improves household wealth statistics

Friday, 27 March 2015, 3:43 pm | Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank is publishing a new set of household balance sheet statistics compiled using international standards. The new statistics cover a wider range of household assets including households’ currency holdings, the equity owned in unlisted businesses ... More >>

Reserve Bank Bulletin articles published

Thursday, 26 March 2015, 12:06 pm | Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank today published two articles in the Reserve Bank Bulletin . The Bulletin’s first article discusses the risks created by high and rapidly rising levels of household debt. It notes that high debt levels increase the sensitivity ... More >>

Deputy Governor appointed chair of OECD Committee

Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 12:10 pm | Reserve Bank

Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Grant Spencer has been appointed chair of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Committee on Financial Markets (CMF). The membership of the CMF includes representatives of the OECD’s 34 member ... More >>

OCR unchanged at 3.5 percent

Thursday, 12 March 2015, 9:15 am | Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank today left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 3.5 percent. More >>

Bank consulting on property investor loans

Thursday, 5 March 2015, 2:46 pm | Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank is consulting on a new asset class treatment for mortgage loans to residential property investors within its capital adequacy requirements. A primary purpose of the consultation is to seek views on how to best define a property investment ... More >>

Economic prospects good, risks more complex

Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 1:55 pm | Reserve Bank

New Zealand’s economic prospects are good for continued steady growth, falling unemployment and low inflation. But risks and uncertainties around the global economy are becoming more complex, presenting considerable challenges for New Zealand enterprises, ... More >>

OCR unchanged at 3.5 percent

Thursday, 29 January 2015, 10:12 am | Reserve Bank

Trading partner growth in 2015 is expected to be similar to 2014, though the outlook is weaker than anticipated last year. Divergences continue among regions, with growth in China, Japan and the euro area easing in recent quarters, while growth in the ... More >>

RBNZ Chair Comments on Central Bank of the Year Award

Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 9:26 am | Reserve Bank

The Central Bank of the Year award given to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand is recognition of innovative work undertaken by the Bank to enhance its contribution to the New Zealand economy, Reserve Bank Chair, Dr Rod Carr, said today. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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