RBNZ Preview: Just a mention to negative rates could weigh on the kiwi
|The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is expected to keep rates unchanged but increase the size of the Large Scale Asset Purchase programme, FXStreet’s Ross J. Burland reports.
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“After slashing the Cash Rate by 75bps in March while maintaining its stance that the OCR is likely to remain at 0.25% for at least the next 12 months the risk this week is bond purchases increasing from the current $30bn to $60bn.”
“If the RBNZ adopts an explicit interest rate target on bonds, this will be no surprise and have limited impact on the currency.”
“Should there be a surprise in the event with the RBNZ mentioning the possibility of a negative OCR, this is where things could get more interesting and weigh more heavily on the kiwi.”
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