The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s hint that the weakening outlook for inflation means that interest rates may have to be reduced this year from the current rate of 2.5% supports our long-held view that rates will fall to 2.0%. The New Zealand dollar has already weakened sharply in response and we suspect it will eventually fall from US$0.64 now to around US$0.60.
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