ASB cuts home lending rates again

ASB cuts home lending rates again
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Staff reporters
ASB has moved to cut its three-year home loan rate by 10 basis points to 6.65%, reinforcing the prospect of looming rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in the wake of lower-than-expected inflation levels.According to the latest data from Statistics NZ, annual inflation fell to 4.7% for the December quarter.While that remains out of the central bank's 1% to 3% target range, there has been a widespread belief that rate cuts could come this year, given the general weakness in the NZ economy.Earlier moves by the "big four" ba...