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Reserve Bank hikes Official Cash Rate to 5.25 per cent (New Zealand Herald)

The 11th successive hike, it takes the rate to its highest level since December 2008. Inflation is still too high and persistent, and employment is beyond its ...

“However, wholesale interest rates have fallen significantly since the February Statement, and this could put downward pressure on lending rates,” it said. The Monetary Policy Statement today made scant mention of the employment impacts of these changes.” Around half of New Zealand mortgage holders will be re-fixing their mortgages in the next six months, meaning many will see their interest rates double from 3 per cent or less to more than 6 per cent.” ”Some Reserve Banks such as the Reserve Bank of Australia are holding their interest rates. “Sadly, for too many Kiwis this will be the punch that sends them off the edge, into mortgage arrears, unwanted house sales and financial distress.” The New Zealand dollar rallied sharply on the higher-than-expected hike. ”No one saw this coming,” Imre Speizer, senior markets strategist at Westpac, said. ”The last NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion showed that capacity constraints were easing. The RBNZ effectively shrugged off global banking woes. The recent severe weather events in the North Island have led to higher prices for some goods and services, the RBNZ said. Instead, they’ve been given another punch in the guts. ”We reject that approach and the idea that some of the most vulnerable must pay the price for inflation control.”

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RBNZ lifts the OCR to 5.25% in surprise move to combat cyclone ... (Interest.co.nz)

Reserve Bank lifts Official Cash Rate 50 basis points to 5.25% saying severe weather events have led to higher prices for some goods & services.

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Reserve Bank hikes OCR to 5.25% (Otago Daily Times)

A day after Australia's central bank held rates steady at 3.6% the central bank made its 11th consecutive OCR rise. The rise was above the expectations of most ...

Around half of New Zealand mortgage holders will be re-fixing their mortgages in the next six months, meaning many will see their interest rates double from 3 per cent or less to more than 6 per cent. Instead, they’ve been given another punch in the guts," finance spokeswoman Nicola Willis said after the announcement. Some will be unable to do that. “This is the eleventh consecutive hike in the Official Cash Rate. That means the central bank and Orr will likely give less away in terms of the overall economic outlook. “Members agreed that the sooner supply and demand were better matched in the economy, the lower the overall cost of reducing inflation.”

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Reserve Bank raises OCR to 5.25% (RNZ)

The Reserve Bank (RBNZ) says the economy is slowing and the labour market easing but inflation remains high. Economists and financial markets were ...

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Reserve Bank lifts official cash rate 50 basis points (1 News)

It's the 11th straight increase in the OCR. "The Committee agreed the OCR needs to increase, as previously indicated, to return inflation to the 1-3 percent ...

They are now less concerned with labour shortages and more with sales. However, demand continues to significantly outpace the economy’s supply capacity, thereby maintaining pressure on annual inflation." [mortgages](https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/03/27/60-of-kiwi-households-face-refinancing-mortgage-at-higher-rates/) are likely to feel today's shift the most. [Read more: 'Don't ask, won't get' - how to get lower mortgage rates](https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/03/03/dont-ask-wont-get-how-to-get-lower-mortgage-rates/) "The Committee agreed the OCR needs to increase, as previously indicated, to return inflation to the 1-3 percent target range over the medium term," the bank said in a statement. [sits at 7.2%](https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/01/25/home-and-food-costs-rise-but-annual-inflation-stays-at-72/), although many were tipping a hike to 5%.

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Reserve Bank lifts official cash rate to 5.25% to stop home loan rates ... (Stuff.co.nz)

The 50 basis point increase is twice what many economists had expected and takes the OCR to the highest level since 2008. On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of ...

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More mortgage pain - Reserve Bank hikes rates by more than ... (Newstalk ZB)

The Reserve Bank has today lifted the Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points to 5.25 per cent. The 11th successive hike, it takes the rate to its highest le.

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Hawke's Bay mortgage holders advised to tighten their belts (New Zealand Herald)

That's the advice of Hawke's Bay Property Investors Association president Sharon Cullwick, in the wake of the Reserve Bank raising the Official Cash Rate to ...

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