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RBNZ cuts to 5.25% and signals more to come

RBNZ cuts to 5.25% and signals more to come

Banks responded quickly to the news. 

Rebecca Howard 14 Aug 2024
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RBNZ cuts OCR to 5.25%, kiwi falls

RBNZ cuts OCR to 5.25%, kiwi falls

The market had priced a 60% chance of a cut. 

Rebecca Howard 14 Aug 2024
Hard choices: rip or leave NZ economy band-aid
Opinion

Cameron Bagrie: Hard choices: rip or leave NZ economy band-aid

NZ stands at a critical juncture where we must embrace change or take the easy road.

Cameron Bagrie 14 Aug 2024
Rate decision odds are tight, NZD set for a wild ride
Markets

Rate decision odds are tight, NZD set for a wild ride

RBNZ decision could see the NZD react strongly either way.

Rebecca Howard 14 Aug 2024


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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.

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