RBNZ is likely to go ahead with interest rate hikes, so long as there's a clear path out of lockdown for Auckland, ANZ Bank NZ chief economist Sharon Zollner says.
This is the first case the Reserve Bank has brought under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 .
The review will include looking at whether statutory funds for life insurance assets could be extended to other types of insurance.
Wage subsidies through the pandemic have cost more than $15 billion so far.