Financially not-as-stable NZ economy

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12 May 2016

The Reserve Bank’s financial stability report was released yesterday, and stated that risks to financial stability in the New Zealand economy have grown since the previous report in November. Key factors upsetting the risk profile are weaker global financial stability, a default risk from the dairy sector, and higher levels of high loan-to-value ratio lending. All three aspects have been in the news for some time, so what is the Bank telling us that’s new?

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