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04 May 2023

Are Kiwi households tightening up spending habits enough?

For Kiwi borrowers, times are tough and by necessity set to get tougher for those with rates rolling off in the next few months. With the chance of the Reserve Bank nudging the OCR higher by a final 0.25%, should Kiwis be fearing the worst?

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20 April 2023

Finally some good inflation news

The 6.7% rise in consumer prices in the year to March was lower than the 7.1% commonly expected in the financial markets and importantly the 7.3% expected by the Reserve Bank.

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06 April 2023

Monetary policy tightening may finally have peaked

The Reserve Bank conducted their regular review of New Zealand’s official cash rate this week and rather than increase it by the widely expected 0.25% they took it up by 0.5%.

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27 March 2023

The sting from inflation and monetary policy continues

There remains massive uncertainty regarding where inflation is headed in this unique post-pandemic environment. So when will it really end?

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