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Article: Future directions for Reserve Bank financial statistics.(New Zealand. Reserve Bank of New Zealand)
- Article from:
- The Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bulletin
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
- Author:
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1 Introduction
As New Zealand's central bank, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has three main functions. These functions are: (1) the management of monetary policy to maintain overall price stability; (2) the maintenance of a sound and efficient financial system; and (3) the supply of legal tender to meet the currency needs of the public. In performing these functions, the Reserve Bank relies on a wide variety of information including, importantly, statistics on the trends and latest developments in various economic, financial, and demographic indicators.
Statistics find use at the Bank in several different applications, and it is convenient to consider ...