RBNZ moves to publish policy rate forecasts

Central bank scraps forecasts of 90-day bank bill rate as relationship to policy rate changes

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The RBNZ

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is to begin publishing quarterly forecasts of its policy interest rate, the overnight cash rate (OCR), instead of the 90-day bank bill rate.

To date, the central bank has published forecasts for the bank bill rates, which historically closely tracked changes in the overnight cash rate, providing a "good gauge" of the monetary policy stance, the RBNZ said on October 25.

Variations in the past tended to be temporary and driven by periods of financial stress

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