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Mark Wilkshire: The Co-operative Bank CEO on RBNZ keeps OCR at 2.25 percent · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: So the ocr has been held steady at two point
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  Speaker 1: twenty five percent RB and z's inflational peak at four
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  Speaker 1: point two percent this quarter. Though, you know, it's like
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  Speaker 1: penning a tail on donkey with estimates. At the moment,
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  Speaker 1: markets thought the announcement was a bit more hawkish than
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  Speaker 1: they expected. Kiwi dollar rallied a quarter of the US
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  Speaker 1: sent to fifty eight point one eight In response. Mark
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  Speaker 1: Wiltshire is the Cooperative Bank CEO, joins us this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Hey Mark, good morning, Rahan.
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  Speaker 1: What did you make at the statement yesterday from the bank?
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  Speaker 2: I think on the reserve banks did a very difficult
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  Speaker 2: job right now. So I think we've had a very
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  Speaker 2: good job just basically having a very balanced view highlighting
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  Speaker 2: some of those risks that they might need to take action.
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  Speaker 2: So the markets, as you said, just did react a
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  Speaker 2: bit saying that's a bit of a tone saying they
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  Speaker 2: will respond to inflation if that bersis into the medium term.
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  Speaker 2: What's happening on you on the whole?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, on the balance, on the whole balanced and on
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  Speaker 1: the whole sensible, which is good. It's what you want
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  Speaker 1: from a reserve bank, right What about your rates? How
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  Speaker 1: they have you increased them by how much and will
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  Speaker 1: you in the future.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the floating rates on hold, so we've got one
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  Speaker 2: of the lowest floating rates out there at four ninety nine.
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  Speaker 2: It's a fixed rates that are the one that's moving.
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  Speaker 2: And so markets did up a little bit. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: good news on the ceasefire in the Middle East, so
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  Speaker 2: that certainly has helped markets. So that was actually a
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  Speaker 2: positive effect, But it is, as you mentioned, it's quite
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  Speaker 2: volatile right now. So I think the risks around those
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  Speaker 2: fixed rates continue to move up, and the markets are
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  Speaker 2: expecting more moves than the Reserve Bank at the moment,
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  Speaker 2: So that's they're already coming forward from what was work
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  Speaker 2: cast around December have now looking more like September for
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  Speaker 2: those rises start coming through in the OCR here in
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  Speaker 2: New Zealand. So that's that's the risks of those fixed
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  Speaker 2: rates start to edge up more and that's the upper
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  Speaker 2: pressure on those fixed rates.
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  Speaker 1: Mark, what about your customers are they're getting in touch
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  Speaker 1: saying today right now it's a tough time, we need help.
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  Speaker 2: We're not seeing a lot of that in the consumer
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  Speaker 2: retail market, Ryan, the I mean, it is a tough
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  Speaker 2: time right now, but I think basically people are managing
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  Speaker 2: through this. At the moment, we're not really seeing too
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  Speaker 2: many advers and packs. I mean, it is a concern
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  Speaker 2: I think for people this level of volatility, but people
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  Speaker 2: are okay at the moment, and I think the rates
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  Speaker 2: have been low so that's helped. So people have been
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  Speaker 2: had to have some resilience out there. But you're keeping
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  Speaker 2: a close eye on that and keeping in touch with
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  Speaker 2: our customers to make sure they continue to manage themselves well.
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  Speaker 1: Mark, appreciate your time this morning. Thanks for being with me,
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  Speaker 1: Mark Bookshare Coopertive Banks CEO.
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