To speak, or not to speak, that is the central banking question

To speak, or not to speak, that is the central banking question
Reserve Bank chief economist Paul Conway's speech this week is highly anticipated. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
Webinars are not often must-see viewing, doubly so when an economist makes “brief comments on domestic data developments”. This changes when that economist is the chief economist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ), and you haven’t heard from them in over a month and weren’t supposed to hear from them for another month. Normally, the RBNZ takes a three-month break over Christmas-New Year. It releases a monetary policy statement in November and then you don’t hear from No 2 The Terrace again until th...

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