Roosting chorus: Housing boom unleashes RBNZ debate
National wants Robertson to direct RBNZ to tie cheap loans to banks to business and new house build lending, not just loans to landlords to buy existing homes; Ardern hints at first home buyer help
TLDR: Good evening. The housing boom unleashed a debate today about how the Government might stop the Reserve Bank from pouring cheap printed money into the housing market. PM Jacinda Ardern was defensive of the Government’s softly-softly approach to the central bank and the problem, but suggested again the Government could provide more help for first h…
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