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25 October 2022

An unwelcome inflation surprise

Inflation is unfortunately failing to fall as quickly as anticipated here in New Zealand and that means interest rates have more work to do to restrain the pace of growth in our economy and get inflation down.

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23 September 2022

Interest rate outlook changes

When it comes to monetary policy, we don't know how wages growth will be affected from one cycle to the next, and can only take a stab as to how pricing decisions will be influenced by changes in consumer demand and comments from the central bank.

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09 September 2022

Bank funding costs rise

There are a great number of uncertain factors in place and no-one should feel any great certainty about what interest rates will do and how quickly they will do it in the coming year. But Here's what we can say, based on what's happening around the world.

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24 August 2022

Uncertainty around mortgage interest rates

The past 1-2 weeks has brought quite a pullback in confidence about inflation and monetary policy, but it's not because the economic outlook has suddenly improved.

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