Brief: Orr favours negative interest rates
In a wide ranging interview with Newsroom, RBNZ governor Adrian Orr, watching interest rates continue to fall, says a negative official cash rate would be more effective at boosting the economy than the RBNZ creating money to buy bonds or other assets. He also defends the Reserve Bank's position on bank capital, and the need for the Australian banks to be good - and safe - "citizens of New Zealand".