Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr says the central bank thinks there’s a sweet spot in which it can require banks to hold more capital “with no trade-off to efficiency.” Photo: Lynn Grieveson

Jenny Ruth

Jenny Ruth is a BusinessDesk journalist who has worked for AAP, the New Zealand Herald and National Business Review.

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Orr says RBNZ is looking for a ‘sweet spot’ for bank capital

Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr says the central bank thinks there’s a sweet spot in which it can require banks to hold more capital “with no trade-off to efficiency.”

Orr has already warned banks a number of times that the central bank’s current review of bank capital requirements is going to require them to hold more capital.

Jenny Ruth

Orr says RBNZ is looking for a ‘sweet spot’ for bank capital

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