The RBNZ met last night and announced that they would be continuing holding rates at 5.50% for the foreseeable future. Although broadly happy with domestic labour and inflation readings they still note the potential for inflation to surprise them, particularly…
At the last RBNZ meeting they took on a decidedly hawkish tone. The RBNZ recognises that annual inflation remains too high at 7.2% and it hiked by 75bps to 4.25%. This 75 bps was expected, but the surprise was that…
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand meet this week and there are some mixed expectations for the rate decision. Economists are projecting a 75bps rate hike to 4.25% from the current 3.5%. However, short term interest rates market see it…
