Economics

RBNZ Eyes Another Tool to Battle World’s Hottest Housing Market

  • Debt-to-income instrument added to central bank’s toolkit
  • Government wants focus on investors, not first-time buyers
Photographer: Mark Coote/Bloomberg
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New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson has given the central bank access to another tool to rein in the country’s rampant housing market.