Kiwis Faced With Higher For Longer Rates Stuck At 5.5%!

Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog

Apr 10 2024 | 00:07:35

00:00 / 00:07:35

Show Notes

The latest decision from the New Zealand Monetary Policy Committee was released on Wednesday, which was to leave the cash rate at 5.5%. Their key messages were little changed since the February MPS, showing little hurry to change current restrictive settings despite overall CPI inflation expected to fall below 3% this calendar year. Upside short-term risks to the inflation outlook were largely downplayed, with the RBNZ expecting sub 3% inflation later this year. Despite the economic outlook evolving broadly as expected and inflation on a cooling trend, the RBNZ chose to defer any decisions on when to pivot to an […]

Other Episodes

Episode

October 20, 2019 • 00:16:33

Stablecoins In The Spotlight [Podcast]

The G7 warns against the early deployment of Stablecoins like Libra. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-imf-worldbank-g20-stablecoin/g20-agrees-stablecoins-give-rise-to-serious-risks-press-release https://www.bis.org/cpmi/publ/d187.pdf Share this:EmailPrintTwitterFacebookLinkedInReddit

Episode 0

January 07, 2020 • 00:07:00

The Underinsurance Crisis [Podcast]

We look at data from our household surveys in the light of a recent The Conversation article. Many households are underinsured, and may be...

Episode 0

September 17, 2020 • 00:41:17

Our Latest Perspective On The Finance, Housing And Mortgage Industries [Podcast]

This is an edited version of a presentation and Q&A I gave to the investment banking community today.