RBNZ MPS/OCR dates for 2010

The following is the Reserve Bank's schedule for the release of its quarterly Monetary Policy Statements and Official Cash Rate announcements for 2010.

Each Monetary Policy Statement includes within it an OCR announcement, so, as usual, in total there will be eight OCR announcements during 2010. Each announcement will be made at 9.00 am on the day concerned.

28 January OCR announcement
11 March Monetary Policy Statement
29 April OCR announcement
10 June Monetary Policy Statement
29 July OCR announcement
16 September Monetary Policy Statement
28 October OCR announcement
9 December Monetary Policy Statement

The Reserve Bank reserves the right to make changes to this schedule, if required due to unexpected developments. In that unlikely event, the markets and the media will be given as much warning as possible.