Shares in the Asia-Pacific are mixed Wednesday after New Zealand's central bank delivered its biggest rate hike ever.
The Reserve Bank had previously forecast an OCR peak of just 4.1 per cent. The two-year swap rate, which has a big influence over home mortgage rates, rose by ...
Corelogic economist Kelvin Davidson said the fact this had been anticipated by the banks meant fixed mortgage rates might not move much straight away. โHowever, ...
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) increased its key rate of interest by 0.75 percentage points to 4.25%. That was the biggest rise since the rate, known as ...
New Zealand's reserve bank says spending levels still need to be reduced with rate rises, in order to tame inflation.