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26 August 2021

Rate rises delayed but with upside risk

Borrowers could reasonably expect higher rates at their peaks, but not necessarily a faster speed of increase. Our central bank has an established long-term record of too often tightening monetary policy too slowly.

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13 August 2021

Mortgage rates are going up

On Wednesday 18 August the Reserve Bank will review the record low 0.25% official cash rate set in place back in March 2020 when we were heading into the economic and health unknown

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02 August 2021

Monetary policy tightening soon

Things have changed a bit since my last column discussing interest rates a couple of weeks ago. The state of the pandemic has stalled the growth projections for many economies and how quickly interest rates will go up. But what's in store for New Zealand?

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16 July 2021

Three decades of falling interest rates are over

New Zealand has had a period of falling inflation and interest rates for over three decades. That period has now ended and both will be rising.

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