INDEPENDENT NEWS

NBR gets it wrong

Published: Fri 24 Mar 2000 12:30 AM
24 March 2000
NBR gets it wrong
"The National Business Review report today that Hugh Fletcher will lead the Government's planned review of monetary policy is wrong," Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.
He said the Government was still considering who should conduct the review but that Hugh Fletcher was not in contention for the job.
"Mr Fletcher has been appointed to lead the inquiry into the telecommunications industry. That may have been where the confusion arose," Dr Cullen said.
ENDS

Next in New Zealand politics

Fast-track Approvals Bill Presents A Serious Risk To New Zealand Exporters
By: Environmental Defence Society
New Lab To Help Protect Key Pacific Tuna Fisheries
By: New Zealand Government
Ruawai Leader Slams Kaipara Council In Battle Over $400k Property
By: Susan Botting - Local Democracy Reporter
Another ‘Stolen Generation’ Enabled By Court Ruling On Waitangi Tribunal Summons
By: Te Pati Maori
Die In for Palestine Marks ANZAC day
By: Peace Action Wellington
Penny Drops – But What About Seymour And Peters?
By: New Zealand Labour Party
View as: DESKTOP | MOBILE © Scoop Media