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Nick Goodall and Kelvin Davidson discuss the unexpected hike in the Official Cash Rate by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

Send us a question/idea/opinion direct via text message! The Reserve Bank has delivered an unexpected baseline shift. This week on a special reactionary episode of the New Zealand Property Market Podcast, Head of Research Nick Goodall and Chief Economist Kelvin Davidson dissect the RBNZ’s unanimous decision to hike the Official Cash Rate (OCR) from 2.25% to 2.5%. Despite a fracturing market consensus on Monday, the Monetary Policy Committee voted with total consensus to remove some economic a...

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Host: Nick Goodall

Guest: Kelvin Davidson

Topics covered

• Official Cash Rate
• economic policy
• New Zealand property market
• Monetary Policy Committee
• interest rates

Keywords

• OCR
• Reserve Bank
• interest rates
• economic shift
• New Zealand property

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Organizations: Reserve Bank, Monetary Policy Committee

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