Article tagged with 'Stephen Toplis'
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Re-fixing holdouts may have had the right strategy as RBNZ turns dovish
21 Aug 2025 - Mortgage holders who have been hanging out on short-term fixed rates, hoping that longer-term rates still had further to fall, may be proven to have had the right strategy.
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RBNZ cuts OCR to 3%, sees it bottoming at 2.5% in the March 2026 qtr
20 Aug 2025 - The Reserve Bank is expecting higher inflation and unemployment and lower economic growth and is also expecting to cut its official cash rate (OCR) twice more to bottom out at 2.5%.
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Survey heads in right direction for OCR cut
11 Aug 2025 - The RBNZ’s most watched barometer of inflation expectations has dropped after increasing sharply in February.
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Weak labour data reinforces need for more OCR cuts
07 Aug 2025 - Economists are pushing for two OCR cuts before the end of the year in light of the weak labour market data.
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Green light burning brightly for August interest rate cut
22 Jul 2025 - Another cut to the OCR next month is now as close to a done deal as can be the case, the BNZ says.
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Rising inflation adding to RBNZ’s headache
18 Jun 2025 - Inflation is expected to break through the RBNZ’s top line of 3% in the next quarter, intensifying its headache.