RBNZ appoints Conor English, Tony Caughey as external monetary policy advisers

RBNZ appoints Conor English, Tony Caughey as external monetary policy advisers
By Tina Morrison April 23 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's Reserve Bank, the independent body which sets the benchmark interest rate, has appointed Conor English, the younger brother of Finance Minister Bill English, as one of its part-time external monetary policy advisers. Conor English, chairman of Agribusiness New Zealand and the former chief executive of Federated Farmers, will take up the role starting from the bank's June monetary policy statement, the Wellington-based bank said in a statement. English has a farming background and ha...