'Significant risk': Tariffs heighten volatility, Reserve Bank warns

How trade war could reduce your mortgage payments – or your deposit returns

Analysis: Donald Trump’s trade wars may force the Reserve Bank to change its plans for interest rates, it says Wednesday. But whether that will be up or down remains unstated.The bank says risks to the financial system have increased over the past six months, particularly following the US imposition of sweeping tariffs on goods imports from many countries, including New Zealand. These have heightened financial market volatility and pose a “mater…

Reserve Bank warns of increased risk on back of US tariffs

Risks to the financial system have increased amid global economic uncertainty, but the country's institutions remain well-placed to support households and businesses.

New Zealand central bank warns of risks to financial system amid global volatility

By Lucy Craymer and Renju Jose WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand’s central bank said on Wednesday that risks to the financial system had increased over the past six months as the global economic environment becomes more volatile, but said the country’s banks remain in a strong position. Geopolitical risks have escalated following U.S. tariffs on goods imports from many countries, including New Zealand, Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Governor…

'Significant risk': Tariffs heighten volatility, Reserve Bank warns

Tariff-induced volatility on world markets has added “significant risk” to the New Zealand financial system, the Reserve Bank says. The bank’s latest...

Trade war threatens financial stability, RBNZ says

Tit-for-tat tariffs between China and the US could cause a slowdown in the New Zealand economy and put pressure on indebted households and businesses