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Hawkish RBNZ will eventually need to reverse course

The RBNZ sounded hawkish when it lifted rates today suggesting the OCR will rise further than we had previously anticipated. But a more aggressive hiking cycle will be an even bigger headwind to the economy next year, so we still think the RBNZ will eventually have to reverse course.

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