While employment growth strengthened in the first quarter and the unemployment rate dropped back below 5.0%, wage growth remained stubbornly low. We believe that wage growth will remained fairly muted for some time yet, which is one reason why we expect the RBNZ to leave the official cash rate at 1.75% when it meets next Thursday, and keep it on hold for the remainder of this year and probably next year too.
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