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Chief economist update: RBNZ will run out of patience next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 0.25%, maintained the existing LSAP programme, and retained the existing Funding for Lending Programme (FLP) conditions at its 26 May Board meeting. Same old, same old. ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... to help them save for their first home. But with interest rates at 6000-year lows and - based on comments from the Reserve Bank of Australia - likely to stay that way, and home prices exploding through the stratosphere so rapidly, the FHSS scheme has ...

Chief economist update: Bubble, bubble getting out of trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... quarantine re-start postponed reunions and visits t families and friends on both sides of the pond, it would, as the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) declared recently, "support incomes and employment in the tourism sector both in New Zealand and Australia". ...

Chief economist update: RBNZ keeps policy steady on unsteady outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
If in doubt, remain patient and do nothing. This is the gist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) policy statement following the conclusion of its April 14 monetary policy meeting. The RBNZ kept the official cash rate unchanged at 0.25% and maintained ...

Westpac considering NZ demerger

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... these businesses going forward," the bank said in a statement. The move follows yesterday's announcement that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) instructed Westpac New Zealand (WNZL) to hold additional liquid assets and commission independent reports ...

RBNZ puts Westpac on notice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has instructed Westpac New Zealand (WNZL) to hold additional liquid assets and commission independent reports into its risk governance and liquidity risk management. The RBNZ has instructed that the first independent ...

Westpac sells Pacific to PNG bank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... second half of FY2021 and Westpac expects an accounting loss of $230 million including a foreign currency translation reserve but will add three basis points to its common equity tier one ratio. It comes as Westpac announced last year that it was reviewing ...

Chief economist update: The recession is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The Australian recession is over! This was what Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle implicitly told a Senate Estimates virtual hearing when he said :"At the moment it looks like the September quarter for the country probably recorded ...

Fiscal policy spurs investor confidence: Citi

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... Zealand. Nearly 80% of the delegates at the Citi Australia Investment Conference believe the terminal rate for the Reserve Bank of Australia will be 10 basis points, with just 30% believing there will be negative rates. However, 69% of investors believe ...

Chief economist update: Ardern's ardour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... reverse the 1.3% quarter on quarter drop (-0.2%) in the economy's national output in the national quarter. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand meets for policy deliberations tomorrow. Will they, won't they? "Six of nine economists surveyed by Bloomberg ...