RBNZ Financial Stability Report, May 2005

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand published its May 2005 Financial Stability Report on 17 May. Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard commented: "The New Zealand financial system, overall, is well placed to weather a possible slowdown in the economy."

Dr Bollard said that New Zealand's major banks had sound balance sheets, very low levels of problem loans, and had been recording strong earnings. The Australian parents of those banks are similarly placed.

Dr Bollard added that "finance companies have

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