‘The vibe in the meeting was really good’: RBNZ Assistant Governor talks split OCR vote

RBNZ Assistant Governor Karen Silk says everyone on the Monetary Policy Committee is comfortable with having their votes made public and despite the split vote, there was still a lot of consensus RBNZ Assistant Governor Karen Silk.

‘The vibe in the meeting was really good’: RBNZ Assistant Governor talks split OCR vote. RBNZ Assistant Governor Karen Silk says everyone on the Monetary Policy Committee is comfortable with having their votes made public and despite the split vote, there was still a lot of consensus RBNZ Assistant Governor Karen Silk. Image source: Mandy Te Reserve Bank Assistant Governor Karen Silk isn’t a shy person and she’s more than comfortable standing her ground. That’s why she doesn’t have any issues with the Reserve Bank’s new approach of making the votes of Monetary Policy Committee members public when consensus hasn't been reached between them over Official Cash Rate (OCR) decisions. “I don’t have a problem with it at all,” Silk told interest.co.nz. “Everybody’s very comfortable with it.” On Wednesday, the OCR was left unchanged at 2.25% in th...