RBNZ’s Conway: OCR forecasts indicate another 75 basis points (bps) easing


Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Chief Economist Paul Conway noted on Friday, “Official Cash Rate (OCR) forecasts indicate another 75 basis points (bps) easing.”

Additional quotes

New Zealand Dollar (NZD) drop will boost export revenues.

Output gap will help contain inflation pressures.

Weaker NZD will aid economic recovery.

Willing to look through inflation uptick this year.

Lowering OCR below neutral is part of the risk conversation.

Currently sees no prospect of rate increases.

Taking OCR below neutral is not the central projection.

Market reaction

NZD/USD was last seen trading 0.09% lower on the day at around 0.5760.

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 US Dollar.

  USD EUR GBP JPY CAD AUD NZD CHF
USD   0.16% 0.11% 0.50% 0.09% 0.15% 0.10% 0.18%
EUR -0.16%   -0.04% 0.33% -0.07% -0.01% -0.06% 0.02%
GBP -0.11% 0.04%   0.40% -0.02% 0.04% -0.02% 0.07%
JPY -0.50% -0.33% -0.40%   -0.36% -0.31% -0.38% -0.29%
CAD -0.09% 0.07% 0.02% 0.36%   0.05% 0.00% 0.08%
AUD -0.15% 0.00% -0.04% 0.31% -0.05%   -0.05% 0.02%
NZD -0.10% 0.06% 0.02% 0.38% -0.01% 0.05%   0.08%
CHF -0.18% -0.02% -0.07% 0.29% -0.08% -0.02% -0.08%  

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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