Since 1990, a number of countries have adopted inflation targeting as their declared monetary strategy. Interpretations of the significance of this movement, however, have differed widely. To some, inflation targeting mandates the single-minded, rule-like pursuit of price stability without...

Employing data from a representative population survey conducted in New Zealand in 2016, this paper examines factors that influence, or are at least associated with, public trust in the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ). The large number of specifically designed questions allows studying the...

I.3N Inquiry into the future monetary policy framework Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee Forty-eighth Parliament (Charles Chauvel MP, Chairperson) September 2008 Presented to the House of Representatives I.3N 2 Contents 1 Introduction 9 Our inquiry 9...