Live-streams

The Reserve Bank broadcasts a live-stream of the Monetary Policy Statement, the Financial Stability Report and other media conferences.

The next media conference and live-stream is the Monetary Policy Statement on 8 May 2019 at 3pm.

View the latest Monetary Policy Statement.

View the latest videos of our media conferences.

System requirements

To access a Reserve Bank live-stream you will need the following:

A browser that supports Adobe Flash
A soundcard and speakers or headphones
A high-speed internet connection.

After the live-stream

After the media conference, a recorded copy of the live-stream will be available on YouTube by the end of the business day.

Go to the Reserve Bank's YouTube channel.

Disclaimer

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand makes its best endeavours to supply a reliable transmission of its webcast service, but is unable to provide assurance that all viewers will receive the live-stream service or that the quality of its reception will meet the expectations of viewers. The Reserve Bank therefore accepts no responsibility in relation to the live-stream.

A guide to how the Bank releases information

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How the Reserve Bank releases information

A guide to how the Reserve Bank of New Zealand releases information including Monetary Policy Statements, Financial Stability Reports and associated media conferences, Official Cash Rate announcements, news releases, speeches, Official Information Act request responses, articles and research and statistics.

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The Reserve Bank publishes many of its videos on YouTube. You can subscribe to the Bank’s channel if you wish to receive automatic updates when new videos are published on this channel.

Upcoming OCR/MPS announcements

This is the Reserve Bank's schedule for the release of Monetary Policy Statements (MPS) and Official Cash Rate (OCR) announcements. Announcements are made to financial markets at 2:00 pm (NZDT) and then to the news media, and via Twitter, the website and email.*

27 Mar 19	OCR
08 May 19	OCR and MPS (live-stream)
26 Jun 19	OCR
07 Aug 19	OCR and MPS (live-stream)
25 Sep 19	OCR
13 Nov 19	OCR and MPS (live-stream)
12 Feb 20	OCR and MPS (live-stream)

* The Reserve Bank reserves the right to make changes, if required due to unexpected developments. In that unlikely event, the markets and the media would be given as much warning as possible.

Upcoming FSR announcements

The following is the Reserve Bank’s schedule for the release of the Financial Stability Report:

29 May 19	Media conference
27 Nov 19	Media conference