Events and announcements
We publish:
- all upcoming announcements relating to monetary policy and OCR decisions
- release dates for upcoming monetary policy statements and financial stability reports
- links to decisions and news releases.
You can also see what announcements are coming up on our events calendar.
We tweet a link to the main media release on our Twitter channel and email the release to our email subscribers.
It can take a few minutes for information to appear on our website.
Monetary policy decisions and OCR
| Announcement | Frequency per year | Time of release | Where to find |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monetary policy and OCR | 8 times | 2pm | Initially, for market participants, on our Bloomberg and Refinitiv pages and then on our website and social media |
| Monetary Policy Statements (MPS) | Quarterly (4 times) | 2pm | Our website and social media |
How do we determine our monetary policy announcement dates?
The Monetary Policy Committee schedules 8 policy meetings per year, with 4 of them accompanied by a Monetary Policy Statement and published forecasts.
Our schedule accounts for major data publications, important international conferences, the length of time between meetings and public holidays.
Media conferences
We hold media conferences after our OCR announcements and Financial Stability Reports.
You can find more information about our media conference schedule and how to watch them on our media conferences page.
The following information outlines our attendance policy for onsite Reserve Bank media conferences:
- Media conference attendance is by invitation only.
- Invitations to Reserve Bank media conferences will be sent to accredited representatives of media organisations.
- Accreditation is determined by Parliament Press Gallery accreditation, membership of the NZ Media Council, or employment at a known, reputable media platform (such as international wire agencies).
- Entry may be declined to those who have not confirmed their RSVP by the stated deadline, or who arrive after the start of a media conference.
- Due to capacity constraints, attendance numbers may be restricted and the number of representatives from individual media organisations may be limited to allow for a proportionate representation from different media organisations.
- Those declined attendance may watch Reserve Bank media conferences via livestream offsite. They may submit questions in writing after the event. We will respond to such queries as soon as practicable.
- The Reserve Bank retains discretion to decline entry to media conferences and make exceptions to the above criteria.
- Members of the public are able to submit questions to the Reserve Bank by emailing [email protected]
Speeches
We present to business, community and sector groups and organisations throughout the year.
If you are interested in finding out more about our speaking engagements or would like to invite a Reserve Bank speaker to your event, email [email protected]
Upcoming speeches
Find out what public speeches are coming up on our speech page, which lists upcoming and past speeches.
Published speeches are normally accompanied by a news release. We share a link to the news release on our Twitter channel.
Statistics
The statistics calendar allows you to see what dates the economic and financial data we produce is released. Data is released from 3pm NZT on the day of the release.
You can find previous release dates by inputting a date in the Date from and Date to fields on the Statistics release calendar.
It can take up to 15 minutes to become available on our website depending on the amount of data we're releasing. We cannot guarantee an exact publication time for tables and related documents to appear on the website. If you are having issues accessing the data, clear your cache (Chrome, Edge and Safari) or use private browsing (Chrome, Edge and Safari).
If you do not know the name of the statistical series you are looking for, try searching the directory of statistics tables.
Kiwi-GDP nowcasts
The nowcast is updated each Friday at 3pm NZT, with a new quarter's nowcast beginning after the release of the latest GDP data. If the release falls on a public holiday, we will publish the data on the next available business day.
Kiwi-GDP should not be viewed as being our latest official forecast, which is published within the quarterly Monetary Policy Statements.
Our official GDP data can be found on our Gross Domestic Product (M5) page as part of our Economic Indicators series.
Articles and research
We have three long-running series as follows:
- Bulletins: Articles by our staff covering a wide range of issues related to central banking, the financial system and the New Zealand economy.
- Discussion papers: Detailed scholarly research by staff economists and visiting scholars of interest mainly for academic and professional economists.
- Analytical Notes: Background papers prepared by our staff. Unless otherwise stated, views expressed in these papers are those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Reserve Bank.