The New Zealand economy remained hot at the end of last year. And while the Omicron outbreak may disrupt activity in Q1, we expect the impact to be short-lived. We therefore forecast the RBNZ to continue its hiking cycle with a 25bp hike at its meeting on 23rd February. And we expect the Bank to hike rates all the way to 2.0% by the middle of the year.
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