AUDIO
Interview with Graham Scott
- Date
- 25 May 2004
- By
- Scott, Graham Cecil, 1942-
- Reference
- OHInt-0809-06
- Description
Secretary of the New Zealand Treasury from 1986 to 1993. Talks about his education in Christchurch - mentions Lincoln University. Mentions studying towards his PhD at Duke University. Talks about moving to Washington D.C. for five years to work for the National Planning Association. Talks about joining Treasury in 1980. Refers to his promotion to Assistant Secretary, and then Secretary in 1986.
Details his involvement in the Knight-Scott Committee. Talks about the development of the reserves policy after the currency crisis of mid 1984 - mentions the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989. Talks about the Governors and Deputy Governors of the Bank during the 1970s and 1980s - mentions Dick Wilks, Lindsay Knight, Roderick Deane, and Spencer Russell.
Describes his time on the Board of Directors for the Bank. Discusses how Treasury and the Bank tackled the fiscal policy problem of the early 1990s. Discusses the effects of financial deregulation - details the success of prudential supervision in New Zealand. Talks about Treasury's involvement in the clean up after the DFC and BNZ crises. Describes the role of the Bank in the crises. Discusses the success of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989.
Interviewer(s) - John Singleton
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014823, OHC-014824
Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1.50 Hours and minutes Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5366 - edited transcript.
Search dates: 1942 - 2004
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Additional copy held at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Archive
- Use/Reproduction
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- Part of
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand oral history project - John Singleton project / Reserve Bank of New Zealand oral history project - John Singleton project
- Format
- 1 printed abstract(s), 2 C60 cassette(s), 1.50 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories
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Interview with Graham Scott, printed transcript
Date: 25 May 2004
From: Reserve Bank of New Zealand oral history project - John Singleton project
Reference: OHA-5366
Description: Quantity: 1 transcript(s).
Interview with Graham Scott, tape two
Date: 25 May 2004
From: Reserve Bank of New Zealand oral history project - John Singleton project
Reference: OHC-014824
Description: Arrangement: Tape sequence - 2 of 2 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).
Interview with Graham Scott, tape one
Date: 25 May 2004
From: Reserve Bank of New Zealand oral history project - John Singleton project
Reference: OHC-014823
Description: Arrangement: Tape sequence - 1 of 2 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).