# monetary policy committee (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover monetary policy committee. Page: Feed: --- ## [Yet more “pretty (il)legal” stuff from the Reserve Bank](https://croakingcassandra.com/2026/08/04/yet-more-pretty-illegal-stuff-from-the-reserve-bank/) _2026-08-03 · Michael Reddell · croaking cassandra_ A month or so ago the Reserve Bank announced the appointment of a new Assistant Governor (a deputy chief executive) responsible for its financial stability functions. That must have prompted a Bloomberg journalist to ask what was happening to the vacant position on the Monetary Policy Committee (given that, previously, Geoff Bascand and then Christian Continue reading Yet more pretty (il)legal… ## [Real wages haven’t fallen 6.4 per cent (or at all)](https://croakingcassandra.com/2026/07/18/real-wages-havent-fallen-6-4-per-cent-or-at-all/) _2026-07-17 · Michael Reddell · croaking cassandra_ Various media last weekend (I think this was the first) latched onto a chart in the OECD s latest Employment Outlook publication which appeared to show that over the last five years New Zealand real wages had not only fallen sharply (down 6.4 per cent) but by more than any other OECD country. Since then the Continue reading Real wages haven t fallen 6.4 per cent (or at all) ## [MPC retains the CBR at 8.75 percent](https://www.centralbank.go.ke/2026/07/13/next-mpc-meeting-4/) _2026-07-13 · Esther Cherotich · CBK_ The Monetary Policy Committee retained the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 8.75 percent at its August 11, 2026 meeting. Read more… ## [Monetary Policy Committee Meeting No. 7](https://nbe.gov.et/mpc7/) _2026-07-12 · Ace Yilma · National Bank of Ethiopia_ NATIONAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA Monetary Policy Committee Meeting No. 7 The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the National Bank of Ethiopia held its seventh meeting on July 2026. In line with its roles and responsibilities set out in the NBE Establishment Proclamation, the MPC proposes monetary policies for adoption by the NBE Board and consistent \[…\] ## [Monetary Policy Committee Meeting No. 6](https://nbe.gov.et/mpc6/) _2026-07-12 · Ace Yilma · National Bank of Ethiopia_ NATIONAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA Monetary Policy Committee Meeting No. 6 The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the National Bank of Ethiopia held its second meeting on March 21, 2026. In line with its roles and responsibilities set out in the NBE Establishment Proclamation, the MPC proposes monetary policies for adoption by the NBE Board and ## [CEOs Survey of May 2026](https://www.centralbank.go.ke/2026/06/17/ceos-survey-of-may-2026/) _2026-06-17 · Esther Cherotich · CBK_ The May 2026 CEOs Survey indicated that respondents expect the Kenyan economy to remain resilient over the next 12 months despite elevated global risks. This outlook is supported by favorable weather conditions that are expected to sustain agricultural production, relatively stable macroeconomic conditions, ongoing digital transformation, and seasonal factors. Read more… ## [Market Perceptions Survey of May 2026](https://www.centralbank.go.ke/2026/06/17/market-perceptions-survey-of-may-2026/) _2026-06-17 · Esther Cherotich · CBK_ Respondents to the May 2026 Market Perceptions Survey expect inflation to remain above 5 percent but within the target range over the next three months. This expectation is mainly driven by higher fuel and energy prices, rising freight and logistics costs associated with geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, and weather-related supply disruptions. Read more… ## [Agriculture Sector Survey of May 2026](https://www.centralbank.go.ke/2026/06/17/agriculture-sector-survey-of-may-2026/) _2026-06-17 · Esther Cherotich · CBK_ Respondents to the May 2026 Agriculture Survey expect overall inflation to increase over the next one to three months, mainly due to the anticipated adverse effects of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East on production, transportation, and distribution costs. Read more… ## [2025 Remittances Household Survey Report](https://www.centralbank.go.ke/2026/06/16/2025-remittances-household-survey-report/) _2026-06-16 · Esther Cherotich · CBK_ The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) in collaboration with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and Financial Sector Deepening Kenya (FSD Kenya), conducted the 2025 Remittances Household Survey (RHS) in August 2025. This survey represents the first effort to comprehensively capture both inflows and outflows of remittances to Kenyan households, complementing official administrative data from… ## [June 2026 Monetary Policy Committee Media Briefing](https://www.centralbank.go.ke/2026/06/11/june-2026-monetary-policy-committee-media-briefing/) _2026-06-11 · Esther Cherotich · CBK_ The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Governor and MPC Chairman Dr. Kamau Thugge hosted a press briefing on Wednesday, 10 June 2026. ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5LVsYxaN3ICI) _2026-06-11 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [Credit Officer Survey Report for March 2026](https://www.centralbank.go.ke/2026/05/29/credit-officer-survey-report-for-march-2026/) _2026-05-29 · Esther Cherotich · CBK_ The Central Bank of Kenya has released the Credit Officer Survey Report for the quarter ended March 2026. The quarterly survey monitors trends in domestic credit market developments and standards in Kenya’s banking industry. Read more… ## [Next MPC Meeting](https://www.centralbank.go.ke/2026/05/11/next-mpc-meeting-3/) _2026-05-11 · Esther Cherotich · CBK_ The next Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. ## [Banking Sector Innovation Survey 2025](https://www.centralbank.go.ke/2026/05/07/banking-sector-innovation-survey-2025/) _2026-05-07 · Nathan Kiawa · CBK_ The Central Bank of Kenya has issued the 2025 Banking Sector Innovation Survey Report. The aim of the Survey was to assess the state of innovation in the banking sector during the year 2025. Read the full report here… ## [A central banker’s fiction](https://croakingcassandra.com/2026/05/05/a-central-bankers-fiction/) _2026-05-04 · Michael Reddell · croaking cassandra_ No, this is nothing to do with (say) Neil Quigley s months-long spin and obfuscation from last year (eg here or here). Decades ago, when the Commonwealth counted for more, the regular Finance Ministers meetings seemed to usually be held in some of the more exotic and picturesque of the member countries (these days, barely attracting Continue reading A central banker s fiction ## [Oil and monetary policy](https://croakingcassandra.com/2026/04/10/oil-and-monetary-policy/) _2026-04-10 · Michael Reddell · croaking cassandra_ I didn t have too much problem with either the Reserve Bank Governor s speech a couple of weeks ago on a framework for how monetary policy might deal with the oil shock, or with this week s OCR review release from the Monetary Policy Committee. It was really all very orthodox stuff, much as any of the Continue reading Oil and monetary policy ## [Monetary Policy Committee Meeting No. 5](https://nbe.gov.et/mpc5/) _2026-03-31 · Ace Yilma · National Bank of Ethiopia_ NATIONAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA Monetary Policy Committee Meeting No. 5 The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the National Bank of Ethiopia held its second meeting on December 22, 2025. In line with its roles and responsibilities set out in the NBE Establishment Proclamation, the MPC proposes monetary policies for adoption by the NBE Board and ## [A very poor start by the Governor](https://croakingcassandra.com/2026/02/12/a-very-poor-start-by-the-governor/) _2026-02-12 · Michael Reddell · croaking cassandra_ When I stopped regular blogging in December I wrote This is one of those issues that has really got my goat. (There won t be any other return to blogging, although if I make a submission to the government s belated independent review of Covid-era monetary policy I might put a link to that in a post.) Continue reading A very poor start by the Governor ## [And that is that](https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/12/11/and-that-is-that/) _2025-12-10 · Michael Reddell · croaking cassandra_ About 15 years ago (partly thanks to a couple of years at Treasury, partly to the financial crises in the US and Europe) I started to get much more systematically interested in New Zealand s disappointing and underwhelming economic performance, and in economic and financial history more generally. And as our kids were growing I was Continue reading And that is that ## [Fiscal failure](https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/12/10/fiscal-failure-2/) _2025-12-10 · Michael Reddell · croaking cassandra_ Back in the far flung days well, really only just more than two years ago the National Party went to the election with a fiscal plan under which the government s operating deficit would have been more or less closed by now. This was the table from that plan. And in case you are Continue reading Fiscal failure ## [Geoeconomics: fragmentation & the future of globalisation](https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/12/09/geoeconomics-fragmentation-the-future-of-globalisation/) _2025-12-09 · Michael Reddell · croaking cassandra_ That was, more or less, the title of two events I attended at the University of Auckland last Thursday. With the help of generous funding from the Sir Douglas Myers Foundation (in particular), the university had been able to bring in a bunch of well-regarded overseas academics and prominent public intellectuals for several events focused Continue reading Geoeconomics: fragmentation the future of… ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0JUxUFOtDHnn) _2025-12-09 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Productivity growth (or lack of it)](https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/12/08/productivity-growth-or-lack-of-it-3/) _2025-12-08 · Michael Reddell · croaking cassandra_ In a post last week I included this chart of the latest annual OECD data on labour productivity, expressed in PPP terms. It was grim, in a familiar sort of way. New Zealand s overall economic performance has long been poor (the halcyon days when New Zealand was in the top 3 in the world relegated Continue reading Productivity growth (or lack of it) ## [A few charts updated](https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/12/01/a-few-charts-updated/) _2025-11-30 · Michael Reddell · croaking cassandra_ Over the life of this blog there have been a few charts I ve kept coming back to. There have been some of the obvious ones, for example around the persistent underperformance of the New Zealand economy on labour productivity. It takes a while for a fairly annual data to turn up on the OECD database, Continue reading A few charts updated ## [Monetary Policy Committee Meeting No. 4](https://nbe.gov.et/monetary-policy-committee-meeting-no-4/) _2025-09-29 · Ace Yilma · National Bank of Ethiopia_ NATIONAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA Monetary Policy Committee Meeting No. 4 The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the National Bank of Ethiopia held its second meeting on September 25, 2025. In line with its roles and responsibilities set out in the NBE Establishment Proclamation, the MPC proposes monetary policies for adoption by the NBE Board and ## [Monetary Policy Committee Meeting No. 3](https://nbe.gov.et/monetary-policy-committee-meeting-no-3/) _2025-07-01 · Ace Yilma · National Bank of Ethiopia_ NATIONAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA Monetary Policy Committee Meeting No. 3 The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the National Bank of Ethiopia held its second meeting on Jun 30, 2025. In line with its roles and responsibilities set out in the NBE Establishment Proclamation, the MPC proposes monetary policies for adoption by the NBE Board and ## [Monetary Policy Committee Meeting No. 2](https://nbe.gov.et/monetary-policy-committee-meeting-no-2/) _2025-03-25 · Ace Yilma · National Bank of Ethiopia_ NATIONAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA Monetary Policy Committee Meeting No. 2 The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the National Bank of Ethiopia held its second meeting on March 25, 2025. In line with its roles and responsibilities set out in the NBE Establishment Proclamation, the MPC proposes monetary policies for adoption by the NBE Board and ## [Next Monetary Policy Committee Meeting Scheduled for March 25, 2025](https://nbe.gov.et/next-monetary-policy-committee-meeting-scheduled-for-march-25-2025/) _2025-01-19 · Ace Yilma · National Bank of Ethiopia_ NATIONAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA Monetary Policy Committee Meeting 002 The Committee decided that its next meeting shall take place on March 25, 2025. Read Press Release The Committee decided that its next meeting shall take place on March 25, 2025. ## [Monetary Policy Committee Inaugural Meeting](https://nbe.gov.et/monetary-policy-committee-inaugural-meeting-onetary-policy-committeeinaugural-meeting/) _2024-12-31 · Ace Yilma · National Bank of Ethiopia_ NATIONAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA Monetary Policy Committee Inaugural Meeting The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the National Bank of Ethiopia held its inaugural meeting on December 31, 2024. In line with its roles and responsibilities set out in the NBE Establishment Proclamation, the MPC proposes monetary policies for adoption by the NBE Board and consistent