Alan Bollard: Looking into the crystal ball – a forecast and some risks for the year ahead Speech by Dr Alan Bollard, Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, to the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce, Christchurch, 28 January 2011.
*  *  *  I would like to thank Kirdan Lees, Manager Issues and International, Economics Department, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, for his assistance in this speech. See slides at the end of the document. Introduction: For New Zealanders, Christmas and New Year are the times for family, relaxation and reflection on the year past.