Category: Zealand
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ANZ expect the first Reserve Bank of New Zealand rate cut in February 2025 (prior May ’25)
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand forecasts from ANZ in New Zealand. Briefly: We have revised our forecast for the official cash rate (OCR) and now expect the first OCR cut to come in February 2025, rather than May. Domestic inflation… We expect that there will be tangible progress around the…
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Rio Tinto to keep New Zealand aluminum smelter open another 20 years (NYSE:RIO)
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Rio Tinto (New York Stock Exchange: RIEO) said on Thursday it would continue operations at its Tiwai Point aluminum smelter in New Zealand until at least 2044 after agreeing to new electricity supply agreements. RIO is the parent organization of New Zealand Aluminum The smelter, which said it had signed…
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New Zealand Economy Shed Jobs in Q1, Unemployment Rate Rose to 4.3%
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The New Zealand economy unexpectedly lost jobs by 0.2% on a quarterly basis in the first quarter of 2024, raising the unemployment rate from 4.0% to 4.3% over the period. The principal components revealed that the labor force participation rate fell from 71.9% to 71.5%, indicating that people may be…