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flag New Zealand creates a Financial Policy Committee to strengthen financial oversight with formal rule-making power.

flag The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has created a new Financial Policy Committee (FPC) to enhance financial stability oversight, giving it formal authority to set prudential rules, including mortgage lending limits like debt-to-income and loan-to-value ratios. flag Composed of RBNZ board leaders and up to two external experts, the FPC aims to improve expertise, transparency, and accountability in financial policy decisions. flag The move follows recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry into banking competition and comes amid a broader review of bank capital requirements. flag The committee will operate under the RBNZ Board’s oversight and is expected to begin work in early 2026, with external members to be recruited publicly.

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