RBNZ to hold rates in Oct, cut in December – Westpac

FXStreet (Bali) – Following RBNZ Governor Graeme Wheeler’s speech earlier today, Westpac economists continue to endorse their core view of rates being on hold at the Oct 29 meeting, while calling for a cut of 25bps in December. Their in-house rates forecast for 2016 is now under revision, with results subject to pending Q3 inflation data (due Friday) “with an eye to shifting towards forecasting OCR cuts below 2.5% at a later time”, the bank said.

Following RBNZ Governor Graeme Wheeler’s speech earlier today, Westpac economists continue to endorse their core view of rates being on hold at the Oct 29 meeting, while calling for a cut of 25bps in December. Their in-house rates forecast for 2016 is now under revision, with results subject to pending Q3 inflation data (due Friday) “with an eye to shifting towards forecasting OCR cuts below 2.5% at a later time”, the bank said.

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