Adrian Orr
Central Banking Awards 2021: winners in full
Winners in 2021 include the Federal Reserve, Alejandro Díaz de León and Charles Goodhart
Central Banking Awards 2021: third round of winners revealed
Awards go to central banks and market practitioners for payments, market infrastructure and currency
RBNZ to support government housing objectives
New Zealand finance minister changes central bank’s monetary and financial policy remits
Earlier disclosure by third party could have prevented data breach – Orr
RBNZ could have avoided breach if patch had been deployed sooner, governor says
RBNZ appoints KPMG to report on data breach
Report due by end of March and will be considered with Deloitte review of accidental leak
RBNZ announces independent inquiry into data breach
Governor takes personal responsibility and says NZ financial system remains sound
RBNZ suffers data breach in third-party system
Governor says breach is “contained” and investigations are ongoing
House price consideration could be added to mandate – RBNZ’s Orr
New Zealand’s governor argues house prices are not the remit of monetary policy
RBNZ considers greater focus on house prices in MPC decisions
Government is concerned house price rises are excluding people from the market
RBNZ launches funding for lending programme
Central bank avoids taking rates negative but says the policy remains an option
RBNZ investigating use of negative rates, official says
New Zealand central bank would only use measure if necessary, assistant governor says
RBNZ boosts asset purchases and prepares new policies
Negative rates and funding for lending programme under “active preparation”
Time for mandatory climate disclosures is now – Carney
Former BoE chief says Covid-19 provides an opportunity to introduce comprehensive disclosures
RBNZ nearly doubles asset purchase programme
Policy-makers aim to front-load stimulus as economy faces “significant and unprecedented decline”
RBNZ’s Sam Allen on embracing the cloud
Central bank took a calculated risk in moving financial markets group to cloud platform
New Zealand banks agree dividend suspension with RBNZ
Central bank launches new funding facility and asks banks to stop redeeming non-CET1 instruments
RBNZ lowers banks’ core funding ratios
Central bank reduces ratio to 50% to support government’s crisis lending scheme
RBNZ reduces rates by 75bp in emergency meeting
Central bank says future purchases of government bonds preferable to lower rates
RBNZ prepares unconventional policy tools
Central bank is not planning to use them yet, governor stresses
RBNZ governor: lawmakers must help preserve cash access
New Zealand governor says industry and politicians must respond to rise of “less cash” society
Central Banking Awards 2020: the winners
All the winners in the 2020 Central Banking Awards
Central Banking Awards 2020: final winners announced
Awards include lifetime achievement, transparency, communications and website
Transparency: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Publication of new MPC handbook and minutes increases RBNZ’s openness
New Zealand launches next phase of RBNZ governance overhaul
RBNZ gains new governance board and formal financial stability remit