Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on Anna Breman leaving the OCR on hold

Best of Business · May 27, 2026 · 6m · transcript

The Reserve Bank Governor acknowledges many Kiwis are doing it very tough right now.

Anna Breman used her casting vote today, to keep the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 2.25 percent.

The six-member Monetary Policy Committee was evenly split on hiking or holding the rate.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper explained further.

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