Latest / Early Edition with Ryan Bridge / Ting Huang: NZIER Senior Economist on economists spilt over whether OCR will rise or stay put
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- 0:00Speaker 1: I am forcier decision today. Anyone's guests. Really, Monetary Policy
- 0:03Speaker 1: committee was split almost down the middle on a hold
- 0:05Speaker 1: or were raised last time. In fact it was the
- 0:07Speaker 1: middle and then Bremen sticked it in with a casting
- 0:09Speaker 1: vote and held the banks for their money. A n
- 0:12Speaker 1: z and beans reckon we'll get a high quarter of
- 0:14Speaker 1: per cents two and a half asb West pact Kiwi
- 0:17Speaker 1: bank they say will hold tin Huang is in Zidi,
- 0:20Speaker 1: a senior economist with us this morning, Good morning, good morning,
- 0:24Speaker 1: so what do you reckon?
- 0:27Speaker 2: Thank you? So our latest Insidaia Monetary Policy shadow Board
- 0:32Speaker 2: actually also show the spirit of fuse regarding whether the
- 0:35Speaker 2: USA should be at the July meeting today. But the
- 0:39Speaker 2: balance of strands of view the shadow Board to recommend
- 0:42Speaker 2: that the Central Bank the US are and hold out
- 0:45Speaker 2: two point two five percent today.
- 0:48Speaker 1: And why is that? Because the risk if you raise
- 0:50Speaker 1: it now of crippling the economy even further is too high.
- 0:55Speaker 2: Sure so, although so although on balance of strands of
- 0:59Speaker 2: view at the shadow board recommended the OSR to keep
- 1:03Speaker 2: on hold that two point five two percent, But actually
- 1:07Speaker 2: of the other results reflect our lineboard co in terms
- 1:11Speaker 2: of whether the result, banks should keep the OCA unchanged
- 1:14Speaker 2: or raise it by twenty five paces points and rising
- 1:18Speaker 2: inflation was actually, in fact was the key reason for
- 1:21Speaker 2: those shadow board members who were in favor for the
- 1:24Speaker 2: OCR to move towards the neutral rate sooner rather than later,
- 1:28Speaker 2: and this is actually in line with our view at DR.
- 1:34Speaker 1: Good to have you on the show. Tinquan India Senior Economists.
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