The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s decision to leave mortgage lending restrictions unchanged and tighten capital requirements means that lending and house prices are unlikely to surge in 2020. As such, concerns about financial stability won’t prevent the RBNZ from cutting rates to 0.5% next year.
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