Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Trump’s push for a dovish Fed and the RBNZ’s need for a Governor provide insight into both central bank independence and economic impacts.

The US economy stands out, with key measures of activity back in line with their pre-COVID trends, although Australia is not far behind.

NZ unemployment continues to rise as employment falls.

Let’s jump back in time to 1997 when the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) was just about to make a horrible policy error.

Investors in New Zealand bonds have suffered over the last couple of years as the local market materially underperformed global bond markets. This underperformance...

Australian rate adjustments often follow those in New Zealand. So when the Reserve Bank of New Zealand last week lifted its official cash rate by 25 basis points to...

The Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee announcement last week was one of the most highly anticipated for many years. The recent series of readings on the New...

As central banks around the world have cut interest rates to historically low levels, the potential impact on asset prices has become a major topic of discussion....

The New Zealand dollar seems to be defying gravity of late, as the interest rate differential between the RBNZ's OCR and the Fed funds rate continues to move lower. ...