Article tagged with 'OCR'
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RBNZ pulls the trigger
08 Jul 2026 - The Reserve Bank has increased the OCR. Here's what it said.
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OCR announcement: What the RBNZ said
27 May 2026 - The Monetary Policy Committee today voted to hold the OCR at 2.25%.
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Markets intepret OCR review to be on the hawkish side
08 Apr 2026 - Financial markets have interpreted the Reserve Bank’s official cash rate (OCR) decision as somewhat more hawkish than expected, pushing the Kiwi dollar higher while wholesale interest rates also rose.
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OCR on hold
08 Apr 2026 - The Reserve Bank has kept the OCR unchanged. Here's what it said.
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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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[BREAKING NEWS] OCR cut to 3%, down 25 basis points
20 Aug 2025 - OCR reduced to 3 percent, with the Reserve Bank leaving the door open for more cuts if inflation keeps falling.
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Borrowers need relief
19 Aug 2025 - Home loan affordability need another boost with an OCR cut tomorrow, FAMNZ says.
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Economists not expecting next week’s OCR cut to be the last
15 Aug 2025 - Economists expect the OCR will drop on Wednesday as the economy struggles and unemployment hits a five-year high.
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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.