A new era of very low inflation

The unusually low rates of underlying inflation in both Australia and New Zealand will remain a thorn in the side of policymakers for a number of years yet. This explains why we believe that the Reserve Banks of Australia and New Zealand will both cut interest rates further than the financial markets expect, to lows of 1.00% and 1.75% respectively. 

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