NZ firms trim inflation forecasts, see jobless above 6 percent for 2 years RBNZ survey

NZ firms trim inflation forecasts, see jobless above 6 percent for 2 years RBNZ survey
By Paul McBeth Nov. 27 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand financial institutions are picking a slower pace of price increases in the coming year and aren't betting on the unemployment rate dropping below 6 percent for two years, according to a Reserve Bank's survey. Respondents in the central bank's survey of expectations sliced 20 basis points from their one-year median forecast for the consumer price index to 1.77 percent, below governor Graeme Wheeler's long-term aim under the policy target agreement, and the two-year ahead median expectation a...