How we release information
This page provides guidance on how and when we release information including monetary policy decisions, statistics, news, research and Official Information Act requests.
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 page.
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 | 7 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 |
If our website is unavailable
If our website is unavailable, and we can't publish the OCR decision at 2pm, we will:
- send out an email to our subscribers with the media release and OCR decision
- post the decision on our social media channels — LinkedIn and X / Twitter
We have changed the name of the OCR announcements to Monetary Policy Review (MPR) announcements.
This reflects the fact that other monetary tools apart from the OCR, such as forward guidance and large-scale asset purchases, are being used to achieve the Monetary Policy Committee's mandate of low and stable inflation and full employment.
The naming of MPS announcements will remain unchanged.
Livestreams of media conferences
You can watch a livestream of our media conferences for Monetary Policy Statements and Financial Stability Reports at the following times:
| Media conference | Time |
|---|---|
| Monetary Policy Statements | 3pm |
| Financial Stability Reports | 1pm |
The livestream will be published on the media conference page.
We upload a recording of the media conference to our YouTube channel within 24 hours. There is no media conference for the Monetary Policy Review.
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 give more than 120 presentations to business, community and sector groups and organisations throughout the year.
Invite us to speak
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.
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.