Reserve Bank of New Zealand says it'll shift to 2pm announcement on Wednesdays
- From 2019 monetary policy decisions will be announced the day before they are implemented
- Market implementation of the OCR will continue to be the Thursday of the relevant week
- Monetary policy announcements a day earlier, on the Wednesday
- This change helps position the Reserve Bank for the upcoming shift to a decision-making committee structure
- Announcements will be made at 2:00pm for MPSs and OCR reviews, and at 9:00am for FSRs on the dates listed below
- Media conferences will be held following the release of each MPS at 3:00pm and FSR at 11:00am
Dates for 2019:
Monetary Policy Statement / Official Cash Rate announcements
- 13 February 2019 OCR & MPS Media conference & live-stream
- 27 March 2019 OCR
- 8 May 2019 OCR & MPS Media conference & live-stream
- 26 June 2019 OCR
- 7 August 2019 OCR & MPS Media conference & live-stream
- 25 September 2019 OCR
- 13 November 2019 OCR & MPS Media conference & live-stream
- 12 February 2020 OCR & MPS Media conference & live-stream
- 25 March 2020 OCR
- 13 May 2020 OCR & MPS Media conference & live-stream
- 24 June 2020 OCR
- 12 August 2020 OCR & MPS Media conference & live-stream
- 23 September 2020 OCR
- 11 November 2020 OCR & MPS Media conference & live-stream
Financial Stability Report
- 29 May 2019 FSR: Media conference & live-stream
- 27 November 2019 FSR: Media conference & live-stream
- 27 May 2020 FSR: Media conference & live-stream
- 25 November 2020 FSR: Media conference & live-stream
Print out and stuck it to your frudge! (I'll get in trouble for that ….)
