New Zealand
Brash walks into storm over interest rates
NEW ZEALAND - It did not take the New Zealand opposition's latest recruit - former New Zealand Reserve Bank governor Don Brash - long to learn that the rough and tumble of politics is a different world from the rarefied atmosphere of monetary policy…
RBNZ News Release
NEWS RELEASE - RBNZ Board begins process for finding new Governor, 29 April.
NZ central bank has six months to replace Brash
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said in a statement released Monday that it will advertise the position of governor locally and overseas - a decision that leaves the door open for an external candidate to fill the role vacated by Don Brash…
Reserve Bank of New Zealand News Release
NEWS RELEASE - Brash resigns, 26 April.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand News Release
NEWS RELEASE - RBNZ: business as usual, 26 April.
New Zealand bank governor resigns
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Don Brash has stepped down after 14 years in the top job to make a new career for himself as a politician.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand News Release
NEWS RELEASE - Official Cash Rate increased to 5.25 per cent, 17 April.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin, March 2002
REPORT - The Reserve Bank has released the March 2002 issue of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin, 5 April.
NZ central bank launches monetary policy game
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand Wednesday launched a Web-based simulation game that tests players' skills at controlling consumer price inflation.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand discussion papers
RESEARCH - Monetary policy and inflation forecasting with and without the output gap by Weshah Razzak, March 2002.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand News Release
NEWS RELEASE - OCR increased to 5 per cent, 20 March.
Arthur Grimes appointed to NZ c bank board
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand's Finance Minister Michael Cullen said Wednesday that Arthur Grimes, one of the country's leading monetary policy specialists, had been appointed as a non-executive director of the Reserve Bank for a term of five years.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand News Release
NEWS RELEASE - The Reserve Bank today rejected the suggestion, made by ACT leader Richard Prebble, that the registration of Kiwibank involved any special treatment, 4 February.
Speech by Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'An indebted people' Brash said that there are "encouraging" signs of improvement from the U.S. but Japan remains the biggest risk to the local economy.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand - News Release
NEWS RELEASE - Reserve Bank of New Zealand OCR unchanged at 4.75 per cent, 23 January.
NZ's Brash - Encouraging signs from US
NEW ZEALAND - Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Donald Brash said Friday that there are "encouraging" signs of improvement from the U.S. but Japan remains the biggest risk to the local economy.
Speech by Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor
SPEECH - In the speech 'Inflation targeting 14 years on' Brash says that in New Zealand's experience he has little doubt that the adoption of inflation targeting helped to provide an anchor for monetary policy in New Zealand.
RBNZ Bulletin December 2001
NEWS RELEASE - December 2001 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin released.
Speech from Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor
SPEECH - Address by Donald Brash, governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, to the managers of small and medium-sized businesses in Whangarei, 21 November.
NZ Brash - Real prospect NZ econ will slow greatly
NEW ZEALAND - There is a "real" prospect of a significant downturn in the New Zealand economy over the next year, allowing interest rates to be lower than previously assumed without jeopardizing price stability, Reserve Bank Governor Donald Brash said…
NZ's Brash wary of deflation
Speaking at a roadshow aimed at small businesses today the Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Donald Brash stressed that deflation was just as much a concern as inflation with regard to defining price stability.
NZ res bank won't replace departing dep gov
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand isn't planning to fill the vacancy about to be created by the departure of one of its deputy governors, Murray Sherwin, officials said Wednesday.
A Look at China's Financial Reform
RESEARCH - A paper submitted to CentralBankNet by Wu Chang Ming, senior economist at the People's Bank of China, currently on secondment at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
NZ c bank cuts cash rate 50 basis points to 4.75%
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand Wednesday met market expectations by cutting its Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points to 4.75% and flagged the possibility of further interest rate cuts early next year if the global economy is worse than…