By contributing to a surge in housing-related activity, record low interest rates provided the foundations for the impressive pick-up in GDP growth in the second quarter. This probably won’t prevent the RBNZ from cutting interest rates further, from 2.0% now to 1.5%, but rates are unlikely to be cut at next Thursday’s meeting
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