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Reserve Bank buys up more foreign currency assets

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Wed, 30 Apr 2025, 8:11pm
Christian Hawkesby at the helm of the Reserve Bank, as it increases its foreign currency intervention capacity to $26.7 billion. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Christian Hawkesby at the helm of the Reserve Bank, as it increases its foreign currency intervention capacity to $26.7 billion. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Reserve Bank buys up more foreign currency assets

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Newstalk ob体育接口,
Publish Date
Wed, 30 Apr 2025, 8:11pm

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is continuing to buy foreign currency assets to give it more firepower, should it need to intervene in the market during a crisis.

The central bank sold a whopping $259 million of New Zealand dollars in March to buy assets, such as government bonds, linked to other currencies.

The sale marked the second-largest foreign exchange-related transaction (or series of transactions) the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) has engaged in during a month in just over a decade.

 NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny explains further.

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