New Zealand
Faster growth? If we want it
SPEECH - An address by Donald T. Brash, Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to the Catching the Knowledge Wave conference, Auckland, 2 August.
Australasian union could see trade double - paper
AUSTRALIA - Australia could enjoy a doubling in trade with New Zealand if the two countries embarked on a path of currency union, a discussion paper presented to a Reserve Bank of Australia conference on 24 July concluded.
Australasia must be considered in Asia union
AUSTRALIA - Australia and New Zealand should be considered in any move towards monetary union in Asia, a discussion paper at a Reserve Bank of Australia conference in Sydney on 24 July concluded.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Annual Report 2000
ANNUAL REPORT - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2000.
Bank backs Aussie-Kiwi policy
NEW ZEALAND - A journal published by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has called on Australia and New Zealand to adopt a common monetary policy.
NZ central bk seeks additional mon policy advisors
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand on 11 July placed advertisements in local newspapers for one or two recruits to provide additional monetary policy advice to the central bank.
Banking on capital punishment
SPEECH - Roderick M Carr, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to the New Zealand Association of Economists, Christchurch, 27 June.
Promoting financial stability in New Zealand
SPEECH - Recently published transcript of an Address by Dr Don Brash, Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to the Conference for Commonwealth Central Banks on Corporate Governance for the Banking Sector, London, 6 June.
National Bank of NZ names chief economist
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has appointed John McDermott as its new chief economist. He will start his new assignment on 20 August.
RBNZ introduces E-mail statement service to public
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand on 4 July started to deliver its press statements to the general public via e-mail for the first time.
Single currency for NZ and Aus
NEW ZEALAND - Economists at a Sydney forum discussed a shared currency for New Zealand and Australia on 20 June.
NZ Finance Minister rejects Svenson recommendation
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand finance minister, Michael Cullen, has rejected a report which claimed Don Brash, Reserve Bank governor, should have his powers curbed.
Supereconomies face clashes
EUROPE - Central bank politics is assuming an intriguing role in attempted reversal of the slowdown of the US economy and spreading effects on other parts of the world.
Settlement system to remain in New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand announced on Apr 18 that its plan to move the hardware used for inter-bank settlements in New Zealand to Sydney will not proceed.
New Zealand lowers interest rates to six percent
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Reserve Bank has cut its official cash rate by 0.25 percent to 6 percent following an inflation dip.
Central bank should be more accountable - panel
INDONESIA - The independent panel set up to review Bank Indonesia Law recommended amendments to increase the accountability of the central bank's board of governors, a government official said on Apr 9, 2001.
What central banks can and can't do-RBNZ Don Brash
SPEECH - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's Governor Don Brash is urging people to be realistic about what monetary policy can achieve. Speaking to the Trans-Tasman Business Circle in Sydney, Dr Brash said that "In recent years ... the public have come to…
RBNZ's Brash to help Indonesia on central bank law
NEW ZEALAND/INDONESIA - Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Donald Brash said on Mar 26, 2001 he was going to Indonesia on Apr 2 to help advise on a new central bank law.
New Zealand cbank against introducing MPC
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said in report Mar 26, 2001 that it opposes a recent proposal to change the country's monetary policy decision-making model in favor of a committee of experts instead of the existing framework which vests…
RBNZ monetary policy review recommendations
Responding to an independent inquiry into monetary policy, New Zealand Treasury Department officials said on Mar 21, 2001 they will issue recommendations by month's end to Finance Minister Michael Cullen.
Chile and NZ advise on Indonesian central bank law
The central bank governors of Chile and New Zealand will arrive on April 4 to join two Indonesian experts in the discussion on how to amend Indonesia's central bank law.
Brash says no rate cut could have sent NZ $ down
New Zealand's Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash said on Mar 14, 2001 that not cutting the official interest rate may have had the paradoxical effect of bringing easier monetary conditions through a lower exchange rate.
NZ govt monetary review suggests adopting MPC
A government review of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's monetary policy by Swedish academic Professor Lars Svensson recommended the setting up of a formal monetary policy committee and altering the RBNZ's inflation objective to more formally target 1.5…
Launch of review of NZ mon policy-Lars Svensson
Lars Svensson, a professor of economics at the Institute for International Economic Studies,Stockholm University, will publish on Wednesday, February 28, at 4 pm (NZ time, GMT+13 hrs) his independent review of the operation of monetary policy in New…