Anna Breman: The new RBNZ Governor on inflation, being told off by Winston Peters & more
By Gareth Vaughan
Governor Anna Breman has implied the Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee will increase the Official Cash Rate (OCR) in the run-up to November's election if members believe this is what is required.
"We are statutory independent. We are an independent central bank, like you point out, and we will do what is best for the New Zealand economy and to reach our inflation target," Breman told interest.co.nz in a new episode of the Of Interest podcast.
She was asked if the Reserve Bank believes increasing the OCR is necessary, she would be comfortable doing so in the run up to…
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