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RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement
The Reserve Bank today left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 3.5 percent. Global financial conditions remain very accommodative, and are reflected in high equity prices and record low interest rates. However, volatility in financial markets has increased since late-2014 following the sharp drop in oil prices, continued uncertainty about the global outlook and US monetary policy, and policy easings by a number of central banks. Trading partner growth in 2015 is expected to continue at a similar pace to 2014. Growth remains robust in the US, but has slowed recently in China. World oil prices are about 50 percent ... (full story)