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New Zealand’s PM Luxon: Committed to continuing efforts to lower inflation and interest rates

New Zealand Prime Minister (PM) Christopher Luxon said on Monday, “our commitment is to energize the economy by continuing efforts to lower living costs, inflation, and interest rates.”

Market reaction

At the time of writing, NZD/USD is trading flat at 0.5825.

New Zealand Dollar PRICE Today

The table below shows the percentage change of New Zealand Dollar (NZD) against listed major currencies today. New Zealand Dollar was the weakest against the Australian Dollar.

 USDEURGBPJPYCADAUDNZDCHF
USD 0.17%0.07%0.06%0.00%-0.07%0.29%0.08%
EUR-0.17% -0.09%0.02%-0.08%-0.15%0.20%-0.00%
GBP-0.07%0.09% -0.06%0.01%-0.06%0.30%0.09%
JPY-0.06%-0.02%0.06% -0.09%-0.05%0.10%0.09%
CAD-0.01%0.08%-0.01%0.09% -0.04%0.28%0.07%
AUD0.07%0.15%0.06%0.05%0.04% 0.36%0.15%
NZD-0.29%-0.20%-0.30%-0.10%-0.28%-0.36% -0.22%
CHF-0.08%0.00%-0.09%-0.09%-0.07%-0.15%0.22% 

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the New Zealand Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent NZD (base)/USD (quote).

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Dhwani Mehta

Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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