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New Zealand CPI Inflation (Q1)

The rebound in CPI inflation in the first quarter increases the chances that the RBNZ won’t cut interest rates to 2.0% at next week’s policy meeting and will instead wait until the meeting in June. By then the RBNZ will know whether or not the rise in actual inflation has raised inflation expectations from their current multi-decade lows.

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