Hawkish RBNZ will hike even earlier

The RBNZ’s hawkish rate outlook has prompted us to bring forward our forecast for the first RBNZ rate hike from November to May next year. But in contrast to the RBNZ, we don’t think the pandemic will cause lasting damage to the labour market so we’ve pencilled in fewer rate hikes than the Bank.

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