Article – BusinessDesk

RBNZ registers Bank of China to provide banking services in New Zealand as a branch Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

NZ Reserve Bank may be less of a ‘fiefdom’ with changes to policy-making, Treasury observer Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

NZ dollar gains to 8-month high vs Aussie as iron ore weakens, Orr sounds upbeat Read more »

Press Release – Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers sees the Governments decision to proceed with adding employment to the Reserve Banks monetary policy mandate as a step backwards for New Zealand. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

March 26 (BusinessDesk) – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will explicitly include employment in its policy targets, ending a sole focus on price stability, and the bank will move to policy by committee instead of leaving interest rate decisions … Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand National Party

Finance Minister Grant Robertson should explain why New Zealand needs to change its monetary policy objectives when under the current settings he inherited one of the best performing economies and employment rates in the developed world, says National … Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government

Finance Minister Grant Robertson and incoming Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr today signed a new Policy Targets Agreement (PTA) setting out specific targets for maintaining price stability and a requirement for employment outcomes to be considered in the … Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

March 23 (BusinessDesk) – The CBL Corp saga will continue, with the company’s voluntary administrators postponing the creditors’ watershed meeting to gather more information and hiring Goldman Sachs as an adviser. Read more »

Press Release – Reserve Bank

Reserve Bank discussion paper Optimal Grid Selection in Numerical Approaches to Dynamic Heterogeneous Agent Macroeconomic Models Read more »

Press Release – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand

An interview with university academic Atif Mian was published today in the Reserve Bank Bulletin. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

March 22 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand dollar gained against its Australian counterpart after jobs data across the Tasman was weaker than expected, adding to the view the RBA – like the New Zealand central bank today – won’t be lifting rates anytime soon. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

March 22 (BusinessDesk) – Adrian Orr will have a new operating mandate when he starts as Reserve Bank governor next week and analysts say he may break the mould of a staid central banker, even if it isn’t clear if he’s a hawk or a dove. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

March 22 (BusinessDesk) – Acting Reserve Bank governor Grant Spencer kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.75 percent and continued to signal that rates will remain on hold due to the lack of inflationary pressure. Read more »

Press Release – HiFX

The RBNZ have maintained the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 1.75%. This was widely expected. Read more »

Press Release – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand

The Reserve Bank today left the Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 1.75 percent. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

March 21 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand dollar was little changed near a six-week low ahead of a likely rate hike by the US Federal Reserve but could bounce back if the Fed fails to sound a more hawkish note in its commentary. Read more »

Press Release – Ilumony

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 20 March 2018 A New Zealand-based financial services company is launching a cryptocurrency portfolio investment platform designed to make the exciting asset class accessible to everyone. The new platform, called Invsta , is … Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

March 16 (BusinessDesk) – Economists see no prospect of acting Reserve Bank governor Grant Spencer lifting the official cash rate in his final review next week and do not expect him to deviate from the line that rates are on hold for the foreseeable … Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

March 13 (BusinessDesk) – The Financial Markets Authority was warned of potential issues at CBL Corp before the insurance services group went public in 2015 but dismissed the complaints from a businessman whose company was caught in a US probe over “fraudulent” … Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

March 13 (BusinessDesk) – Reserve Bank acting governor Grant Spencer says the government should consider a permanent structure for macro-prudential tools, which he attributes as helping the regulator meet its policy objectives. Read more »