The small strengthening in underlying price pressures in the second quarter is unlikely to make the RBNZ any keener to raise interest rates when it is becoming clearer that economic growth is slowing. We doubt that rates will rise until mid-2020, which would be later than the hike in 2019 expected by the markets.
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