7 December 2017
B Johnson, via FYI.org,nz
Email: [FYI request #6954 email]
Dear B Johnson
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has received your request, made under the terms of
section 12 of the Official Information Act (the OIA), seeking:
the details of what was requested from banks during the most recent stress tests:
- time series of the macroeconomic variables that was provided under each scenario
- commentary relating to the scenarios
- specifics of what data and in what format the banks were required to provide
- details on any sensitivity tests that were required on the underlying macroeconomic
variables and the results of these tests
- default rates, loss rates, net interest income, asset growth outcomes under each
scenario by asset group (mortgages, agri, business/corporate, cards, other retail) for
both phase one and phase two. Please provide the maximum and minimum outcomes
together with the aggregated data in order to provide a picture of the variability of
outcomes.
- CET1, Tier 2 and total capital ratios under each scenario for both phase 1 and phase
2, pre- and post mitigation. Please provide the maximum and minimum results together
with the aggregated in order to provide a picture of the variability of outcomes.
- Details of the actions taken by the banks to mitigate the stress scenario.
Subject to the provisions of the OIA, you will be notified of the outcome of your request as
soon as practicable, but not later than 20 working days after the date of receipt.
The Reserve Bank is resourced to meet disclosure obligations for a reasonable level of
information requests and generally will not impose charges for small, simple or infrequent
requests. However, the OIA allows us to charge for preparing responses to requests and the
Reserve Bank believes that requesters should bear some of the costs when requests are
made for large amounts of information, where a response to a request is particularly complex,
or where individuals or organisations make frequent requests. If our initial assessment of your
request finds that the work involved in responding to your request is likely to be chargeable,
then the Reserve Bank will contact you to discuss refining the request to a smaller scale or
scope that is less likely to involve charges. Further information is available on our website,
here www.rbnz.govt.nz/research-and-publications/official-information-requests#Charges
Yours sincereley
Angus Barclay
External Communications Advisor
2 The Terrace, PO Box 2498, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Telephone 64 4 472 2029 Online at www.rbnz.govt.nz