NZD – The New Zealand dollar jumped to five-week highs on Wednesday as the RBNZ hiked rates by 25 basis points and signalled a more aggressive path forward may be necessary.
Commenting on the RBNZ’s February meeting, Westpac stated that “the biggest surprise was the extent of the lift in the projected OCR track – higher even than our top-of-the-market forecast of 3%... We continue to expect a series of 25bp hikes at upcoming policy reviews. However, given how much work the RBNZ believes it has ahead of it, the risk of a 50bp move at any given meeting remains live.”
Commenting on the RBNZ’s February meeting, Westpac stated that “the biggest surprise was the extent of the lift in the projected OCR track – higher even than our top-of-the-market forecast of 3%... We continue to expect a series of 25bp hikes at upcoming policy reviews. However, given how much work the RBNZ believes it has ahead of it, the risk of a 50bp move at any given meeting remains live.”