Business leaders want the Reserve Bank to keep a single inflation mandate

New Zealand Herald · Liam Dann · 2026-10-26 22:00 UTC

OPINION: 76% of business leaders backed the Reserve Bank's latest rate hike.

The external appointment of Swedish central banker Anna Breman has taken some of the political heat out of local monetary policy debate.

Breman has thus far proved a clear communicator and seems popular with the financial sector and economic community.

Monetary Policy Committee meetings have been opened to more public scrutiny, with voting decisions published to give the public insight into how united, or otherwise, committee members are.

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