The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will almost certainly cut rates by 50bp, to 3.75%, at its meeting on 19th February. Although the Bank is likely to revert to 25bp cuts thereafter, we think it has much more work to do to reduce excess capacity in the economy. Accordingly, we’re sticking with our below-consensus forecast for a terminal policy rate of 2.25%.
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