While GDP growth was stronger than expected in Australia and New Zealand in the first quarter, this doesn’t alter our view that underlying inflation will remain low for a while yet. The Australian economy has operated below potential for a few years and we expect growth to again fall below potential later this year. Rising spare capacity should result in a further decline in inflation in Australia, and a similar story is also true in New Zealand.
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