Thursday 3 May 2007

Topic | Update on the economy (this speech is off the record)

Dr. Alan Bollard was appointed as Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in September 2002.  The Reserve Bank carries out monetary policy, oversight of the financial system, and provision of New Zealand’s currency.  Dr Bollard has written a number of books on the New Zealand economy, has produced a computer simulation game called Oikonomos where one plays at being the Minister of Finance, and has helped rebuild the famous Phillips hydraulic economic simulation model "the Moniac".

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