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MNI RBNZ Preview - February 2022: OCR Hike Plus Guidance On QT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  • The RBNZ are expected to resume raising the OCR this week after a three month break since the last MPC meeting. The market sees an outside chance of a bold 50bp hike but we stand by the consensus view that a standard-sized 25bp move is more likely.
  • Inflation keeps running hot which warrants aggressive response from the Reserve Bank but: the details of most recent jobs data were more questionable than before, the outbreak of Omicron placed a speed bump ahead of New Zealand's economy, key data outturns are coming closer to RBNZ projections following a series of beats, and the housing markets is showing signs of cooling.
  • Apart from the expected move in benchmark interest rate, focus will fall on the updated OCR track and economic projections, with RBNZ watchers also on the lookout for the details of the central bank's plan to roll back the LSAP programme.

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