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Downturn will prompt policy easing next year

We suspect that both economies will narrowly avoid a recession but a prolonged period of below-trend growth will reduce price pressures and allow central banks to ease monetary policy again. We’ve pencilled in rate cuts in Australia in Q2 and in New Zealand in Q3.

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