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RBNZ Dated OIS Is Sharply Higher After ANZ Forecasts 50bps Additional Tightening

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RBNZ dated OIS has shunted higher after the ANZ bank announced that they expect the RBNZ to push the official cash rate higher this month and in April by 50bps in total, taking the official cash rate to 6.0%.

  • (DJ) The RBNZ warned in November that "If inflation pressures were to be stronger than anticipated, the OCR would likely need to increase further." Data since then has been a series of small but pretty consistent surprises in that direction, Zollner said. (See link)
  • A cumulative 63bps of easing is priced by year-end versus 69bps yesterday. However, this is measured from a terminal OCR of 5.71% versus 5.58% yesterday.
  • NZGBs have cheapened 7-11bps across benchmarks since the announcement, with similar sized moves in NZ swap rates across the curve.

Figure 1: RBNZ Dated OIS Pricing (%)



Source: MNI – Market News / Bloomberg

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