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About us
Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Annual Report
History of the Reserve Bank of NZ
(PDF 804KB) July 2009
In 2009 the Reserve Bank marked its 75th year of
operations – three quarters of a century spanning some of New
Zealand’s most tumultuous decades.
About the Reserve Bank Museum (PDF 1.1MB) April 2008
The Reserve Bank and New Zealand’s Economic
History (PDF 2.5MB)
Published July 2007. This booklet outlines the broad
history of the New Zealand economy since the 1840s, and details the role the
Reserve Bank has played in it since the mid-1930s. Also available as individual chapters for download.
What is the Reserve
Bank?
Published November 2007. A one-page fact sheet. Also available as a
PDF (159KB).
This is the Reserve Bank
A sixteen-page
overview of what we do. Also available as PDF
(PDF 657KB).
Reserve Bank
Statement of Intent 1 July 2009 - 30 June 2012 (PDF 154KB)
Briefing on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, December 2008
Financial Stability
Explaining Financial System Liquidity (PDF 52KB)
Origins of the ‘Credit Crunch’ and Recession (PDF 44KB)
Monetary policy
Monetary Policy
Statement
Published quarterly, each Monetary Policy Statement (MPS)
describes how the Reserve Bank proposes to achieve its targets; how it proposes
to formulate and implement monetary policy during the next five years; and how
monetary policy has been implemented since the last MPS.
Explaining Monetary Policy (PDF 415KB)
Published
July 2007. This brochure explains what monetary policy is, and how the Reserve
Bank implements it.
What is
inflation?
Published December 2006. A one-page fact sheet on what
inflation and deflation are in the New Zealand context. Also available as a PDF (123 KB)
What is the Official Cash
Rate?
Published December 2006. A one-page fact sheet on the primary
instrument that the Reserve Bank uses to implement monetary policy. Also
available as a PDF (88 KB)
What is the Policy Targets
Agreement?
Published May 2007. A fact sheet on the agreement between the
Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Reserve Bank. The PTA sets specific
targets for achieving and maintaining price stability.
Policy Targets Agreement: Reserve Bank
briefing note and related papers
Published September 2002.
RBNZ’s survey of inflation expectations
Marketscope survey of inflation expectations
Notes & coins
Explaining currency: New
Zealand’s bank notes and coins (PDF 200KB)
General information on
New Zealand’s bank notes and coins, including pictures.
The polymer bank notes
This PDF
brochure tells you how to handle the new polymer notes and how to tell if the
notes are genuine. (115KB)
Money for the
new millennium
A brochure on the circulating $10 millennium notes (PDF
274KB)
Celebrating the new millennium with
the commemorative $10 bank note: an explanation of design (PDF 671KB)
A
brochure which looks at the design of the special collectors’ edition $10
millennium bank note issued in 1999.
NZ Banks
Your bank’s disclosure statement
– what’s in it for you?
A pamphlet that explains the
financial disclosure requirements for registered banks and some of the key terms
used in banks' disclosure statements.
Banking supervision
handbook
Detailed information on the Reserve Bank's
banking supervision policy framework.
For schools
The Tale of the TT2
A story about
inflation for junior students.
The PIE (People, Inflation, Economics)
Kit
Published March 1997. An educational resource for Year 9 & 10
students.
The New Zealand dollar float – the first 20 years (poster
format)
Published March 2005. Chart depicting the rate of the New Zealand
dollar against the United States dollar from the year 1983 to 2004. Available
in hard copy format only. Use the Publications order form to order your
copy.
Saving & investing booklets
Snakes and ladders: A guide to risk
for savers and investors PDF (675KB)
Published November 2004. A booklet
written by Mary Holm, commissioned by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
The real story: Saving and investing now
inflation is under control PDF (302KB)
Published November 1998. A booklet
written by Mary Holm, commissioned by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
