Kiwis Get A Rate Cut As The Reserve Bank Pivots!

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Aug 14 2024 | 00:18:06

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Interesting question, who you believe more the markets, or Central Bankers. Of course those in Central Bank land, will claim data dependence, and moving targets, and as RBA Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser warned recently it’s a risk to listen to “false prophets” on interest rates; and yet after several false dawns, New Zealand’s central bank cut interest rates, embarking on an easing cycle much sooner than previously indicated as The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee lowered the Official Cash Rate by a quarter percentage point to 5.25% Wednesday in Wellington. The RBNZ’s pivot to easing is a rapid change of […]

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