Lewis Kerr
Senior Adviser, Economics Directorate
Biography
Lewis is a Senior Adviser in the Policy Analysis team in the Economics Department.
Lewis has worked at the Reserve Bank since 2014. Prior to joining the Economics department in 2019, Lewis worked on a range of financial stability matters in what is now the Reserve Bank’s Financial Stability Assessment and Strategy Department.
Lewis joined the Economics Department’s Forecasting team in 2019. In forecasting he contributed to assessing the monetary policy implications of the COVID-19 pandemic as it unfolded, and was responsible for coordinating the publication of eleven Monetary Policy Statements.
More recently, in Policy Analysis, Lewis’ primary interests have been in central bank balance sheets and financing arrangements, and monetary policy frameworks more generally.
Lewis has an Honours degree in Economics from the University of Canterbury.
Email: [email protected]
Current research interests
- Monetary policy frameworks and strategy
- Central bank balance sheets and financing arrangements
Recent publications
- Kerr, L, Knowles, J and Austin, L (2023) “Money Creation in New Zealand” Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin, January 2023, Vol. 86, No. 1
- Kerr, L (2018) “Introducing the Credit Conditions Survey” Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin, November 2018, Vol. 81, No. 11