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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised official cash rate by 50bps to 2.0%, as widely expected and issued hawkish pro...
Full Title of RBA Kent's Speech Next Week
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Australia's unemployment rate at 3.9% in April
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ANZ NZ Sees RBNZ hiking 50bps in both April and May
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Published on : 22 Apr 2026 , 03:49 PMRBNZ Maintains OCR at 2.25%
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 2.25% but signalled it is prepared to lift t...
Published on : 08 Apr 2026 , 12:10 PMRBA Raises Cash Rate to 4.10%
The Reserve Bank of Australia lifted the cash rate by 25bps to 4.10%, making it back-to-back rate hikes after th...
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Published on : 26 Feb 2026 , 11:34 AMAustralia Jan CPI up 3.8% y/y
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Published on : 25 Feb 2026 , 11:38 AMRBNZ increases monetary policy meetings to eight from seven
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will have eight monetary policy meetings a year from 2027, up from seven.
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Australia's unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1% in January, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics sho...
Published on : 19 Feb 2026 , 11:39 AMRBNZ Leaves OCR unchanged at 2.25%
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand kept the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 2.25%, meeting expectations.