House prices added to Reserve Bank remit

Thursday, February 25th 2021, 10:00AM

Big news from Wellington this morning.

The Government has instructed the Reserve Bank to take house prices into account when setting monetary policy, marking a major shift in the central bank's role in the property market.

The central bank will now have to consider house price inflation as it weighs up interest rate cuts and hikes. [READ ON]

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