{"id":611123,"date":"2026-09-25T06:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/611123\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T06:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:54:08","slug":"rebecca-williams-appointed-to-the-reserve-banks-monetary-policy-committee-for-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/611123\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Williams appointed to the Reserve Bank\u2019s Monetary Policy Committee for a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Finance Minister Nicola Willis said Williams would bring strong institutional knowledge to the committee. <\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">She has held various roles in the Reserve Bank\u2019s economics team since 2010, when she joined the bank after graduating from the University of Canterbury with a BCom (Hons) in Economics and a BA in History.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Reserve Bank chairman Rodger Finlay said Williams had \u201cworked extensively in monetary policy and forecasting, including advising the Monetary Policy Committee on the current state of the New Zealand economy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe look forward to working with Rebecca, whose many years of experience in economic analysis and forecasting, including leadership of analysts, will be a real asset to the committee,\u201d Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWith her analytical capabilities alongside deep institutional knowledge, I know Rebecca will make a significant contribution to our work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">When the Monetary Policy Committee next reviews the OCR on October 28, it will consist of: Breman, Silk, Williams, Paul Conway, Prasanna Gai, Carl Hansen and Hayley Gourley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">After this meeting, the committee will be down a member again, as assistant governor Karen Silk is due to depart in mid-December, five months before her five-year term on the committee ends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Silk\u2019s role will be split in two, so there will be assistant governors for both monetary policy, and payments and cash. <\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">The Reserve Bank board will soon recommend who it believes the finance minister should appoint to the monetary policy role. This person will join the Monetary Policy Committee. <\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">The committee is required to consist of four people who work at the Reserve Bank and three externals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Jen\u00e9e Tibshraeny is the Herald\u2019s Wellington business editor, based in the parliamentary press gallery. 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