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Global interest rates 'on cusp' of being lowered: Adrian Orr
The governor of the Reserve Bank says global interest rates are on the cusp of being lowered by central banks, but consumer and business inflation expectations need to drop further for it to happen.
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Holding the OCR steady not a tough call - Reserve Bank Governor
Yesterday the Reserve Bank held its cash rate in its first monetary statement of the year.
The RBNZ took a softer tone with none of the threats of rate rises heard last November.
Instead, they… Audio
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Reserve Bank governor threatens rate rise
The Reserve Bank struck a hawkish tone on Wednesday with its final monetary statement of the year.
As expected it kept the cash rate unchanged at 5.5 percent but explicitly added the threat of a rate… Audio
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RBNZ holds the OCR steady at 5.5%
The governor of the Reserve Bank is confident the economy will achieve a soft landing going into next year as it continues a determined policy of an extended period of high interest rates.
As… Audio
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Reserve Bank's OCR decision not surprising says Kiwibank's chief economist
The Governor of the Reserve Bank, Adrian Orr has kept the official cash rate at 5.5 percent and suggests it will stay high well into next year.
Kiwibank's chief economist, Jarrod Kerr, says it's the… Audio
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Property economist on what Reserve Bank rate hike means
The Reserve Bank has hiked the Official Cash Rate 50 basis points as it presses on with getting inflation under control.
The bank's governor Adrian Orr told our business editor Gyles Beckford there… Audio
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Reserve Bank's job harder post-Cyclone Gabrielle - economist
The Reserve Bank has hiked the Official Cash Rate 50 basis points as it presses on with getting inflation under control.
ASB Bank chief economist Nick Tuffley says the damage caused by Cyclone… Audio
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OCR expected to rise 50 basis points
The Official Cash Rate is expected to rise by 50-basis-points today, up to 4.75 percent.
But the decision of Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr will be under the microscope with major economic… Audio
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Recession a nescessary price to pay for inflation - Adrian Orr
The Reserve Bank Adrian Orr has told everyone in the country to tighten their belts and prepare for a recession.
He says mortgages heading to 8 percent and a recession are the price the country has… Audio
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Business journalist critical of Reserve Bank
The Reserve Bank has given itself a glowing review in it's annual assessment, but some commentators say some deeper issues are missing from the report.
In a briefing yesterday, Te Pūtea Matua - the… Audio
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Ex-RBNZ official on Adrian Orr's reappointment
The Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, has reappointed Adrian Orr as the Reserve Bank's governor for another five year term - drawing the ire of the National Party.
National's finance spokesperson… Audio
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National shocked by RBNZ governor reappointment
The National Party says it's shocked by the reappointment of Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr for a second five year term.
National had wanted an independent review of the Bank's performance before… Audio
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Reserve Bank Governor on plea to banks to be nice
Banks are being urged to lend a helping hand to families and businesses struggling with rising interest rates. The plea comes from the Reserve Bank as it warns of tough times ahead in the fight… Audio
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Households will have to cope with OCR pressures - Adrian Orr
The Reserve Bank stuck to the script yesterday with another hawkish monetary statement and a 50 basis point rise in the official cash rate to a seven year high of 3 percent.
The central is… Audio
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Reserve Bank to impose 50 basis points rate rises
The Reserve Bank says it's not messing about in its battle with inflation and looks set to impose 50 basis points rate rises at its July and August reviews. Governor Adrian Orr says they're less… Audio
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Bigger OCR rise was considered - Adrian Orr
Experts say the new raise in the official cash rate will sting for struggling businesses, first-home buyers, and the recently indebted.
The Reserve Bank announced a quarter percentage point rise in… Audio
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Fishery body camera trial starts
Some Wellington Fishery Officers are decked out with body cameras in a trial programme to keep them safe on the job.
Officers can turn on the cameras when they are concerned for their safety, after… Audio
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Adrian Orr signals more interest rate rises
The Reserve Bank has signalled there are plenty more interest rate rises to come before it thinks inflation will be under control.
The central bank yesterday raised the official cash rate by a… Audio
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Reserve Bank Governor warns higher interest rates coming
The Reserve Bank has made it patently clear higher interest rates are coming.
Governor Adrian Orr says the OCR would likely have been raised yesterday, but the Covid-19 lockdown put a stop to that.
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Reserve Bank forecasting interest rate rise next year
The Reserve Bank sprung something of a surprise in yesterday's monetary policy statement with a clear hint that interest rates are likely to rise in the second half of next year.
The central bank… Audio
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Rural News for 26 March 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Robertson defends telling Reserve Bank to look at housing
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… Audio
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Government wants to cool housing market, but how?
Late next month the Government will announce initiatives designed to cool the property market and help first homebuyers.
Last year, Finance Minister Grant Robertson sought advice from Treasury and… Audio
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NZ economy looking good, but still could be hit by Covid-19 shock - Adrian Orr
The Reserve Bank is warning that the shocks from the Covid-19 pandemic have yet to be felt, because of financial support measures put in place.
In its six monthly financial stability report, the Bank… Audio
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Wellingtonians on Government, Reserve Bank stoush
Finance Minister Grant Robertson wants the Reserve Bank to tell him if house price stability should be a bigger part of the bank's thinking.
Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr says he'll get back to… Audio
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Reserve Bank could do more on housing prices - Robertson
The Government's plea for help to cool the housing market has had a tepid response from the Reserve Bank.
It's told Finance Minister Grant Robertson it already takes house prices into consideration… Audio
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Critics pick holes in government plea to Reserve Bank
Critics have been quick to pick holes in the Government's surprise plea for the Reserve Bank to help cool the rampant housing market.
The Bank's Governor has told the Finance Minister it already… Audio
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Reserve Bank Governor pushes back on criticism
The Reserve Bank Governor is coming under attack from Opposition politicians this morning.
ACT leader David Seymour says Adrian Orr is a liability because he's unconventional and a risk-taker.
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Top Stories for Thursday 12 November 2020
Audio 12 Nov 2020Act leader David Seymour says the Reserve Bank is pursuing an unconventional and irresponsible monetary policy and has described Governor Adrian Orr as a "liability". Mr Orr joins us to discuss if… Audio
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Chance listeria cases cause will never be found
The investigation into the source of the three cases of listeria in Tauranga this week is still ongoing, but there is a likelihood the cause will never be found.
One person died and two others were… Audio