This release expresses disappointment over the US announcement of 10% tariffs on New Zealand goods, highlighting concerns about the economic impact on exports, inflation, and wider trade relationships.
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How the news corpus has covered this same topic over the last 12 weeks. 8 articles from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.
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Look, I think Paul Conway makes a good point. I spoke to him uh recently after the Reserve Bank reviewed the OCR. And as you said, he was one of the three committee members who decided who who believed it was best to keep the OCR on hold. He said one of the main reasons uh behind this was that uh financial markets or financial conditions have actually tightened quite a bit since the end of last year. So people will notice that even though the OCR has been at 2.25% for some time, mortgage rates have have gone up a wee bit. So with the two-year fixed rate, for example, currently you'd be uh no paying about two uh five point two percent. Uh but at the end of last year you might have been able to get a two-year fixed rate for four point five percent. So markets have been uh looking at central banks like the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and saying that they're going to hike interest rates. There's inflation on the horizon because of the conflict in the Middle East. So markets have been pricing in interest rate hikes, and when you go to the bank to get a mortgage or term deposit, you are actually, you know, paying a higher interest rate or or receiving more for your term deposit.
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Release: Uncertainty remains over the impact of tariffsSocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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