26 Feb 2021

Grant Robertson defends telling Reserve Bank to look at housing

From Morning Report, 7:41 am on 26 February 2021

The Finance Minister is defending his decision to change the Reserve Bank's remit to include house prices in its monetary considerations.

That's despite the Bank's governor Adrian Orr warning him last year that this was not a good idea. 

Robertson told Morning Report the government needs to pull every lever within its power to control escalating prices.