I have chaired the oversight committee on consumer and community affairs at the Board since March and am especially excited to be involved with a number of new and ongoing initiatives. In particular, this morning I am delighted to announce a new program that formalizes the Federal Reserve’s long-standing commitment to minority-owned depository institutions.
Our market monitoring and prudential supervision activities provide financial and credit market intelligence. Finally, our external monetary policy advisers are a key source of private sector input to our deliberations. 1  Wheeler, G (2013) “Decision making in the Reserve Bank of New Zealand”, speech delivered to the University of Auckland Business School, 7 March.