Criticising the Reserve Bank for doing its job

Dr Eric Crampton
Newsroom
23 September, 2025

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has one big job when it comes to monetary policy.

That job is defined in the bank’s remit, the contract that it has with the Government.

It must keep future annual inflation between one and three percent over the medium term, targeting the midpoint of that range – yet it is currently being beaten up for doing that job.

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