Speeches
A chronological listing of on-the-record speeches made by Governors and senior officials of the Reserve Bank.
2009 Speeches
- Economic Recovery 14 July 2009
- World recession and how we cope 27 February 2009
- Coping with global financial and economic stresses 30 January 2009
2008 Speeches
- Everyone needs to play their part: Inflation and recession in the New Zealand economy 10 December 2008
- Flexibility and the Limits to Inflation Targeting 30 July 2008
- Financial stability challenges for small open economies 7 March 2008
- ‘Coping with Shocks – a New Zealand Perspective’ 25 January 2008
2007 Speeches
- Opinion article by Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Grant Spencer 27 June 2007
- Commodities, Dairy Prices and the New Zealand Economy 12 June 2007
- Easy Money: Global Liquidity and its Impact on New Zealand 15 March 2007
- Delivering sound and innovative financial services for New Zealand 26 January 2007
2006 Speeches
- Kiwis like buying houses more than buying businesses 9 November 2006
- Household savings and wealth in New Zealand 27 September 2006
- Agriculture, Monetary Policy and the Economy 18 July 2006
- Excerpt from an address to the Association of Superannunation Funds of NZ entitled: "Can NZ expect to carry out independent monetary policy?" 13 July 2006
- Excerpt from an address entitled "A Financial System that Works for New Zealand", to the Financial Services Institute of Australasia 23 May 2006
- Bank capital, risk management and the economy 10 April 2006
- Towards a framework for promoting financial stability in New Zealand 22 March 2006
- Major Global Developments in the New Millennium 27 January 2006
- Inflation Targeting: The New Zealand Experience and Some Lessons 18 January 2006
2005 Speeches
- Monetary Policy and Economic Performance: The Experience of New Zealand 15 November 2005
- Housing debt, inflation and the exchange rate 2 November 2005
- Imbalances in the New Zealand economy 14 October 2005
- New Zealand Payment System 11 August 2005
- Bank regulation and supervision in New Zealand: recent and ongoing developments 23 March 2005
- New Zealand’s potential growth rate 28 January 2005
2004 Speeches
- Excerpt from an address to the New Zealand Society of Actuaries in Napier entitled: "A prosperous but vulnerable nation" 17 November 2004
- Being a responsible host: Supervising foreign-owned banks 2 October 2004
- What's happening in the property sector? 2 September 2004
- Supervising overseas-owned banks: New Zealand's experience 11 August 2004
- Speech excerpt on the Reserve Bank's exchange rate intervention proposal 25 March 2004
- Asset prices and Monetary Policy 30 January 2004
2003 Speeches
- After the National Bank acquisition: living with big Australian banks 6 November 2003
- Investing in a low inflation world 14 October 2003
- Extract from an address to the Property Council of New Zealand 9 September 2003
- Corporate governance in the financial sector 7 April 2003
- Making sense of a rising exchange rate 24 January 2003
2002 Speeches
- The evolution of monetary policy in New Zealand 25 November 2002
- Effectiveness of public security and features on bank notes 9 April 2002
- An indebted people 25 January 2002
- Inflation targeting 14 years on 5 January 2002
2001 Speeches
- Monetary policy in 'Interesting Times' 21 November 2001
- “That private banks should create almost all New Zealand’s money supply” 27 August 2001
- Faster growth? If we want it 2 August 2001
- Banking on capital punishment 27 June 2001
- Promoting financial stability: the New Zealand approach 6 June 2001
- Should the Reserve Bank have eased as fast as the Federal Reserve? 21 May 2001
- Central Banks: What they can and cannot do 30 March 2001
- Making monetary policy : a look behind the curtains 26 January 2001
2000 Speeches
- Institutional frameworks for inflation targeting 20 October 2000
- The fall of the New Zealand dollar: why has it happened, and what does it mean? 5 October 2000
- Comments in response to a speech delivered to SEANZA Governors' Forum 26 August 2000
- Can the Reserve Bank ignore the current increase in inflation? 2 August 2000
- Central banks and financial system stability in an uncertain world 6 June 2000
- The pros and cons of currency union: a Reserve Bank perspective 22 May 2000
- Foreign reserves: some observations in an Asian context - current issues in reserves management for Asian central banks 9 May 2000
- Will the Reserve Bank choke the recovery? 21 March 2000
- Inflation targeting in New Zealand, 1988-2000 9 February 2000
- The building blocks of economic growth 28 January 2000
1999 Speeches
- Opening address to the SEANZA Forum of the Banking Supervisors' Conference 11 November 1999
- Comments on accepting the NZIER/QANTAS Economics Award 18 August 1999
- Reforming the global financial architecture: some New Zealand perspectives 9 July 1999
- Comments on the Third Hong Kong Monetary Authority Distinguished Lecture given by Monsieur Jean-Claude Trichet 8 July 1999
- Inflation targeting: 10 years on 1 July 1999
- Comments on "Future exchange rate regimes for developing East Asia: exploring the policy options" by Professor John Williamson 21 June 1999
- Inflation targeting: is New Zealand's experience relevant to developing countries? 17 June 1999
- Monetary policy into the new millennium 25 March 1999
- The New Zealand dollar and the recent business cycle 29 January 1999
- Inflation targeting: an alternative way of achieving price stability 5 January 1999
1998 Speeches
- The Road Ahead 25 November 1998
- Reserve Bank forecasting: should we feel guilty? 21 October 1998
- Asian prospects and challenges 15 October 1998
- Myths about the Reserve Bank and property investment 18 August 1998
- Monetary policy in a dangerous world 26 June 1998
- New Zealand's economic reforms: a model for change? 3 June 1998
- The regulatory framework for securitisation by banks in New Zealand 18 May 1998
- Monetary policy in New Zealand: business as usual 20 April 1998
- Living with low inflation: farming for profit 2 April 1998
- In a world of open capital markets, how can central banks best help banking systems remain strong? 13 March 1998
- New Zealand's balance of payments deficit: does it matter? 30 January 1998
1997 Speeches
- The implications of the global financial marketplace for New Zealand 19 November 1997
- Growth,productivity and monetary policy: longer-term perspectives 12 November 1997
- How fast can the New Zealand economy grow? 6 October 1997
- Exchange rates, export prices, and the Reserve Bank's Monetary Conditions Index 22 August 1997
- Banking soundness and the role of the market 30 January 1997
1996 Speeches
- Monetary and fiscal policy and their impact on exporters 11 November 1996
- The new inflation target, and New Zealanders' expectations about inflation and growth 11 November 1996
- New Zealand and international financial markets: have we lost control of our own destiny? 29 June 1996
- A new approach to banking supervision 5 June 1996
- New Zealand's remarkable reforms 4 June 1996
- The policy implications of electronic payments 16 May 1996
- Economic policy issues facing the nation 4 April 1996
- Monetary policy and the free-market economy 22 February 1996
- An address to the Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce 26 January 1996
