RBNZ released a 22-page bulletin article titled “Unconventional monetary policy since the Global Financial Crisis” today.
In a summary, RBNZ hailed that the “unconventional” monetary policies adopted by some major central banks were “successful in easing financial conditions”. And, there were “emerging research suggests they boosted inflation and activity.”
But in case of RBNZ, the OCR is currently at 1.75%, and it’s “not projecting a significant decrease in the OCR”. Therefore, RBNZ has “significant further room to ease monetary policy in a conventional way, and conventional monetary policy remains effective in influencing inflation and activity.”
Separately, RBNZ Assistant Governor John McDermott said in an interview that while there is “no imminent prospect” of using unconventional policy, the probability of needing them at this point in the cycle is higher than it ever was in history”. Therefore, “it would be silly of us not to be ready just in case.”
