Graeme Wheeler
RBNZ: Auckland housing risks have increased
New Zealand central bank warns Chinese slowdown could affect banks' funding costs as house prices-to-income ratios rise to record highs; effect of macro-pru rules ‘too early to judge'
RBNZ reveals adjustments to ‘tight budgetary framework’
Central bank cuts 15 positions in preparation for new funding agreement; talk of an ‘offshore office’ put on ice last year as operating expenses ran over budget
RBNZ cuts OCR again in face of ‘softening’
Graeme Wheeler reiterates ‘some further easing in the OCR seems likely’ as he reveals the third consecutive rate cut; RBNZ notes importance of Chinese demand to commodity prices
New Zealand's colour-changing banknote feature hailed as world's first
A colour-shifting bird within a holographic window is main new security feature of the country's first banknote series in 16 years
RBNZ cuts number of interest rate decisions
Starting next July the Reserve Bank of New Zealand will take three-month summer break from monetary policy announcements; ‘clear rule' to replace ‘long-running pattern' for release dates
Wheeler aims to get NZ inflation back to target within a year
RBNZ governor looks to return inflation to around 2% within 12 months; reiterates further easing is likely
Kiwi slides as RBNZ cuts OCR to boost demand
Reserve Bank of New Zealand cuts key rate to 3.25% and suggests further easing could follow; kiwi drops to lowest level against US dollar in almost five years in aftermath
RBNZ hires monetary policy advisers as inflation drops to 15-year low
Graeme Wheeler says advisers ‘bring fresh viewpoints'; assistant governor says monetary policy can do little to influence inflation outcomes in ‘near term'
Wheeler: RBNZ will ‘talk more’ about housing
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will focus on the market in coming months, Wheeler says, with house price inflation ‘increasing again’ in Auckland
The winners of the Central Banking Awards 2015
Raghuram Rajan wins Governor of the Year while Reserve Bank of New Zealand picks up Central Bank of the Year; Jacques de Larosière honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award; 12 more awards announced
RBNZ’s Wheeler highlights the many unknowns of financial linkages
Governor says our understanding of the ‘empirical links’ of exchange rates and cross-border financial flows remains limited
Wheeler says NZ dollar strength is ‘unjustified and unsustainable’
Central bank governor outlines cost of high exchange rate but says NZ dollar is ‘susceptible to a significant downward adjustment over the coming six to nine months’
RBNZ’s Wheeler threatens currency intervention
Graeme Wheeler spells out the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s concern over its ‘overvalued’ currency, and says the central bank would consider intervening
Wheeler shines a spotlight on housing supply
Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Graeme Wheeler says restrictions on high loan-to-value mortgages will alleviate house price increases, but the bigger issue is housing supply
New Zealand opposition says RBNZ internal review backs case for more transparency
Internal review confirms New Zealand is an outlier in giving the Reserve Bank governor a monetary policy veto; Green Party says change in law should be 'non-controversial'
RBNZ could ‘scale up’ forex intervention
Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Graeme Wheeler signals willingness to sell more NZ dollars to combat currency appreciation; house price increases put central bank in policy ‘bind’
RBNZ intervenes in forex and hits bank capital
Central bank boosts mortgage lending capital requirements and sells New Zealand dollars to ‘take the tops off rallies’; economy faces low inflation but strong dollar and overheating housing market
RBNZ policy to be set by ‘governing committee’
Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s four governors will make all its monetary and financial policy decisions in a new committee
New Zealand finance minister proposes new central bank toolkit
Bill English says new tools would allow RBNZ to manage excesses in credit cycles; emphasises credibility will hinge on continued central bank independence
New Zealand Reserve Bank 'prepared to intervene' in FX markets - governor
Graeme Wheeler says currency is over-valued, and investors should know that the Kiwi is 'not a one-way bet'
NZ governor wants ‘stand out’ policy
Graeme Wheeler says New Zealand’s economic growth is dependent on its ability to introduce internationally attractive policy
The ghost at the IMF’s Tokyo feast
Robert Pringle looks back at the main themes of the IMF’s annual meeting, which was held in October in Tokyo, and forward to prospects for 2013
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: How governments are undermining world finance
Central bankers need to forcefully express their concerns about the unintended consequences of new regulatory policies
RBNZ’s new governor rejects QE and capital controls
Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Graeme Wheeler sees no need to introduce a ‘desperate’ measure such as quantitative easing in the country; rules out use of capital controls to limit kiwi dollar appreciation