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OFFICIAL CASH RATE
is 2.50 percent
INFLATION
CPI for the year to December 2009 is 2.0 percent
Reserve Bank of New Zealand: New Zealand's central bank
The bank manages monetary policy to maintain price stability, promotes the maintenance of a sound and efficient financial system and supplies New Zealand bank notes and coins.
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OFFICIAL CASH RATEis 2.50 percent
INFLATIONCPI for the year to December 2009 is 2.0 percent
Release dates
News
2 February 2010
How May the New Architecture of Financial Regulations Develop?
Listen to the public lecture by Charles Goodhart, 2010 Professorial fellow at the Reserve Bank and Victoria University, held on 28 January 2010.
2 February 2010
Reserve Bank issues consultation paper
The Reserve Bank today released a Consultation Paper on policy options for liquidity requirements for the non-bank deposit taking (NBDT) sector.
29 January 2010
Monetary policy worked well in crisis
New Zealand’s inflation targeting monetary policy has proven flexible, durable and successful, but economic growth requires more than this, Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard said today.
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- The next Official Cash Rate announcement is 11 March 2010
- Cautions and notices issued by the Reserve Bank on some financial institutions and non-bank deposit takers
The Bank’s new regulatory responsibilities
- Regulation of non-bank deposit takers
- Prudential supervision of insurance
- Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism
