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June 1997 (Vol 60, no 2)

Articles

Current policy issues in the payments system (PDF 22KB)

By Peter Ledingham, Banking System Department
A paper prepared for a conference on cheque and payments processing, Wellington, 26 November 1996.

Monetary policy implementation and signalling: a discussion document

A discussion document released to the financial markets for comment in March 1997, which reviewed some operational aspects of monetary policy implementation and signalling.

The trade weighted index (TWI) measure of the effective exchange rate

A review of aspects of the construction and use of the TWI as a measure of the effective exchange rate.

The state of the New Zealand banking industry

A commentary on the current issues facing the New Zealand banking industry and its financial performance over 1996.


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