Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ)
RBNZ: inflation targeting no guarantee of stability
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Monthly Bulletin shows more than targeting inflation alone is needed to ensure macroeconomic stability
Rate round-up
Swiss, New Zealand, Korean and Peruvian central banks all opt to hold rates
NZ makes credit ratings mandatory for non-banks
Governor Alan Bollard deems ratings useful for investors
Inflation targeting the best available option: RBNZ’s Bollard
Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Alan Bollard says although the method has not always ensured stability, it is better than the alternatives
Rate decisions this week
Majority of central banks to vote this week hold rates constant though dissent voiced in the US and South Africa; Philippines and India tighten, Hungary loosens
A century of financial crises in New Zealand
Recent analysis from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand suggests that improvements in policy will reduce the risk of a currency crisis going forward
RBNZ - Reserve Bank Bulletin December 09
Reserve Bank of New Zealand report features articles on liquidity policy, forecasting, the history of banking crises and trade flows
Rate decisions this week
Korea, New Zealand hold but indicate tightening soon to come. Bank of England and Bank of Canada maintain policy stance, along with Peru and Brazil as Denmark and Iceland cut
Ex-RBNZ head hits back at inflation-targeting critics
First governor to preside over the introduction of inflation targeting defends framework against recent criticisms
Inflation targeting remains relevant
Inflation targeting can and should survive recent criticisms, argues Don Brash, a former governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand – the first central bank to introduce the framework
RBNZ, stock exchange moot possible payments team-up
Reserve Bank of New Zealand confirms talks with NZX to collaborate on clearing and settlement system
Opposition leader slams RBNZ’s inflation-targeting focus
New Zealand’s main opposition leader says his party will withdraw support for the central bank’s inflation targeting framework
A quarterly GDP series for post-WW2 New Zealand
A new paper from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand creates a quarterly GDP series for the post-war economy
A model to analyse stability
Reserve Bank of New Zealand paper details the development of a cobweb model that will be used in its Financial Stability Report
A trans-Tasman comparison
Rodney Dickens argues that the New Zealand central bank is reverting to bad old habits.
No “urgency” to exit as Kiwis hold rates
Decision to stay at record low reflects recovery
New Zealand begins exit from extraordinary measures
Reserve Bank of New Zealand cancels two facilities and amends others as financial-market stress eases
Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Annual Report 08/09
Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand says the country dealt with the crisis fairly well, but risks remain
Future rate disclosure works
Bank of Italy looks at the impact of disclosing future rate movements as part of monetary policy
Central banks on hold
Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Bank of Korea all keep policy fixed
From triumph to the brink of despair
Robert Pringle looks at the last two decades, as viewed through the pages of Central Banking
Mixed outlook for Kiwis
Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor admits recovery has "an awful long way to go"
New Zealand issues risk guidelines for non-banks
Reserve Bank of New Zealand expands focus of risk-management rules beyond banks
New Zealand publishes liquidity guidelines
Reserve Bank releases prudential rules