The Reserve Bank has confirmed it intervened in foreign exchange markets in an attempt to push the kiwi lower, without giving any details on the size of its action, having already given a serve to the counter-balancing strength in the housing market earlier today. “That intervention will not materially change the level of the exchange rate but could take potentially …

Following a bookbuild with the country’s major institutional investors today, Finance Minister Bill English has announced that Mighty River Power will be priced at $2.50 a share. The government is set to net $1.7billion from the partial privatisation whilst retaining a controlling 51% stake in the company. More than 400,000 New Zealanders registered their interest in the issue, with 113,000 …

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand says it intervened in foreign exchange markets in an attempt to drive the kiwi lower. It gave no details of the size of the intervention. The kiwi dollar tumbled to 83.90 US cents from 84.48 cents before his comments were telegraphed at the finance and expenditure select committee in Wellington. The trade-weighted index dropped …