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Media Advisory: Release of paper examining New Zealand's real interest rate premium

Page updated 1 Dec 2010

The Treasury today released a research paper which outlines an analytical framework to answer the question as to why inflation-adjusted interest rates have on average been higher in New Zealand than in most OECD countries over the past couple of decades.

See Why are Real Interest Rates in New Zealand so High? Evidence and Drivers and Media Advisory: Release of paper examining New Zealand's real interest rate premium.