Analysis: Hurdle for Negative RBNZ OCR Higher Than Assumed

By Sophia Rodrigues

The hurdle for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to implement negative official cash rate is higher than previously assumed, making negative rate a more distant possibility. Not only is it data dependent but the RBNZ al...

Analysis: RBNZ Orr’s Comment Clearest Signal Negative OCR Off The...

By Sophia Rodrigues

At the media conference on Wednesday, the RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr made a remarkable comment, “I don’t believe we ever said we are going to be implementing a negative OCR.”

It is the cleare...

Analysis: NZ’s Robertson Needs to Talk to RBNZ’s Fin Stability Ar...

By Sophia Rodrigues

New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson is right to be worried about the effect of rising house prices on his government’s aim to reduce inequality and poverty, but the solution to his worry is not in the h...

Analysis: Subtle Shifts Suggest RBNZ Backing Off Negative OCR Pos...

By Sophia Rodrigues

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Analysis: RBNZ Likely to Launch Funding Program But Some Rate Cut...

By Sophia Rodrigues

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Analysis: RBNZ May Cut OCR Earlier Than Previously Signalled

By Sophia Rodrigues

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand left the official cash rate unchanged at 0.25% Wednesday but might have signalled the rate could be lowered earlier than previously signalled.

At the Monetary Policy Revi...