Grant Spencer

Putting the bank capital genie back in the bottle
23 Jan 19, 5:00am
Gareth Vaughan
38 comments
Against the backdrop of the RBNZ's bank capital review, Gareth Vaughan details the advantageous position NZ's Aussie owned banks have over their rivals & how this may change
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Why & how were bank capital regulations liberalised in 2008 of all years?
22 Jan 19, 5:00am
Gareth Vaughan
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Against the backdrop of the RBNZ's review of bank capital requirements, Gareth Vaughan explains how bank capital rules were liberalised for NZ's big 4 banks in 2008
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RBNZ says rate risk equally balanced between up or down
10 May 18, 9:10am
David Hargreaves
24 comments
Reserve Bank leaves Official Cash Rate unchanged at 1.75%; new Governor stresses that the next move could go either way
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Where to now for LVRs?
4 Apr 18, 7:45am
David Hargreaves
17 comments
New RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr gets an early opportunity to strike a favourable impression with the public late next month by further loosening the LVR lending restrictions
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Spencer’s parting gift to Orr
22 Mar 18, 1:35pm
Jason Walls
4 comments
In his last public move in the job, Acting RBNZ Governor Grant Spencer gave a very ho-hum OCR review – but he did give the man who will be taking the bank’s reins next week a small parting gift
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RBNZ leaves OCR on hold
22 Mar 18, 9:12am
Jason Walls
20 comments
As expected, the RBNZ has left the OCR at 1.75% with Acting Governor Grant Spencer saying monetary policy will be accommodative for 'a considerable period'
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Robertson on the Reserve Bank’s ‘light touch’ approach to regulation
21 Mar 18, 4:30pm
Jason Walls
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The Reserve Bank’s approach to the regulatory side of its job has been criticised in the past, notably by the IMF, but what does the Finance Minister think?
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Spencer won’t rock the boat
19 Mar 18, 12:00pm
Jason Walls
Acting RBNZ Governor Grant Spencer is widely tipped to sit on his hands at Thursday’s OCR review, with very little change expected in his statement
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Grant Robertson on the Government's housing 'to do' list
15 Mar 18, 8:03am
Jason Walls
150 comments
Finance Minister Grant Robertson says there's much work to do in the housing market, and he remains unenthusiastic about the RBNZ getting a debt-to-income ratio tool
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Grant Spencer's five macro-prudential policy lessons
14 Mar 18, 11:16am
Gareth Vaughan
Acting Governor Grant Spencer wants the RBNZ's macro-prudential policy Memorandum of Understanding with the Finance Minister integrated into the Reserve Bank Act
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RBNZ's Grant Spencer still pining for a debt to income ratio tool
13 Mar 18, 1:17pm
Gareth Vaughan
49 comments
Acting Governor Grant Spencer says upcoming review of RBNZ's macro-prudential tools should add 'carefully designed' debt to income or debt servicing tool
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Breaking the curse of the eight
4 Mar 18, 7:24am
Jason Walls
63 comments
In 1988, 1998 and 2008, NZ’s economy took a beating due to a crisis the year prior – some have termed it 'the curse of the eight'; as NZ makes its way through 2018, there is a sense of optimism the curse may have been broken
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'Auckland short of up to 55,000 houses and 9,000 construction workers'
28 Feb 18, 2:59pm
David Hargreaves
172 comments
New Reserve Bank paper puts estimate of Auckland housing shortage far higher than previous RBNZ estimates; says if construction worker shortfall continues it will be 'difficult' to overcome the shortage
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Treasury and RBNZ at odds over who should set interest rates
21 Feb 18, 1:26pm
Jenée Tibshraeny
30 comments
Treasury says involving external experts in setting monetary policy will 'promote a diversity of perspectives' while the RBNZ has said it could create a 'circus'
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RBNZ’s economic growth forecast called out as ‘excessively optimistic’
11 Feb 18, 7:10am
Jason Walls
21 comments
Westpac’s chief economist not convinced the economy is in as good shape as the RBNZ suggests, as Acting Governor Spencer says the RBNZ’s projections are 'perfectly balanced'
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Cryptocurrencies ‘a bit of a sideshow,’ Spencer says
9 Feb 18, 9:31am
Jason Walls
2 comments
RBNZ not giving much thought to how cryptocurrencies could impact financial stability, despite comments from the Bank for International Settlements urging caution
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Spencer: Next OCR move could be up or down
8 Feb 18, 12:10pm
Jason Walls
22 comments
Acting RBNZ Governor Grant Spencer isn't ruling out the possibility of an OCR cut, given the downside surprise of December's CPI data - he says the 'risks are two sided'
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Live: RBNZ press conference
8 Feb 18, 9:15am
David Chaston
Live-streamed video from the February 2018 RBNZ press conference with Acting Governor Grant Spencer - will start at 10am
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RBNZ unmoved
8 Feb 18, 9:06am
David Hargreaves
39 comments
Reserve Bank leaves Official Cash Rate unchanged at 1.75%; notes rise in house price inflation but sees this moderating over time; revised down economic impact of new Government's measures
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Plenty for the Reserve Bank to talk about
6 Feb 18, 9:09am
Jason Walls
19 comments
No one is expecting the RBNZ to make any changes to interest rates in its review this week – but inflation, GDP and 'expansionary' fiscal policy will take centre stage
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22 Jan 18, 7:19am
No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy
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16 Jan 18, 12:51pm
Treasury commissioned report's recipe for improving RBNZ decision making; Form 3 committees
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21 Dec 17, 9:40am
RBNZ details proposed shake-up of internal models approach for credit risk
5 Dec 17, 1:34pm
RBNZ 'may have to consider' further interest rate cuts
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1 Dec 17, 2:11pm
Finance Now's loan book pushes towards $500 mln
30 Nov 17, 1:27pm
Handing it back to the banks
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30 Nov 17, 9:35am
RBNZ to consult on whether internal models capital approach should be restricted
29 Nov 17, 3:56pm
'We are not concerned it is about to fall off the edge'
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29 Nov 17, 10:46am
Live: RBNZ press conference
29 Nov 17, 9:13am
RBNZ to relax LVR restrictions from January 1
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14 Nov 17, 9:37am
Releasing the handbrake on housing
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11 Nov 17, 8:21am
A 3 step plan to boost banking competition in New Zealand
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10 Nov 17, 7:39am
RBNZ worries about monetary policy 'circus'
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9 Nov 17, 11:57am
RBNZ may be about to move on LVRs
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9 Nov 17, 9:51am
Live: RBNZ press conference
9 Nov 17, 9:14am
RBNZ sees house prices remaining restrained
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7 Nov 17, 10:27am
Robertson unveils Terms of Reference for Reserve Bank Act review
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6 Nov 17, 2:46pm
RBNZ 'needs to adopt tightening bias'
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6 Nov 17, 7:41am
Economists look through OCR for RBNZ's govt-impact views
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28 Sep 17, 9:48am
When will the new permanent RBNZ Governor be named?
28 Sep 17, 9:09am
RBNZ's view largely unchanged
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27 Sep 17, 3:47pm
Four years of LVRs
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3 Aug 17, 9:38am
RBNZ doubles down on proposals to shake-up bank capital requirements
2 Aug 17, 9:24am
Aiming for public understanding of macro-pru measures
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21 Jul 17, 5:02am
Just how big will changes made in the RBNZ's capital adequacy review be?
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