Mortgage deferrals to be extended as Reserve Bank tries to push down rates

Thursday, August 13th 2020, 9:11AM

The Reserve Bank, retail banks, and government have agreed in principle to extend the mortgage deferral programme, according to RBNZ governor Adrian Orr: [READ ON]

The OCR was on hold yesterday but the government wants to push down mortgage rates with further quantitative easing. Economists say negative rates are now a real possibility after the latest Covid outbreak: [READ ON]

 

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