January 16, 2025 03:00 GMT
STIR: RBNZ Dated OIS Softer Today But Still Firmer Than Friday
STIR
RBNZ-dated OIS pricing is 1–5bps softer across meetings today, with late 2025 leading the decline.
- 47bps of easing is priced for February, with a cumulative 107bps by November 2025.
- Despite today’s softness, pricing remains 4–24bps firmer compared to pre-US Payrolls levels last Friday. Notably, the expected OCR for November has firmed by 24bps since Friday’s close.
- This week’s firming was primarily driven by the Q4 NZIER Business Opinion Survey (QSBO). To sum up, the QSBO survey showed that a net 16% of businesses expect the economy to improve, vs 1% expecting it to get worse in Q3. This was the first positive outlook since Q2 2021. After seasonal adjustment, a net 9% of businesses expect the economy to improve, vs a revised 4% expecting deterioration in Q3.
Figure 1: RBNZ Dated OIS Today vs. Friday’s Close (%)
Source: MNI – Market News / Bloomberg
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