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'Inflation will fall': New RBNZ Governor on the OCR being left in place

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 18 Feb 2026, 6:09pm
Reserve Bank Governor Dr Anna Breman to watch release of new data ahead of the next monetary policy review in February. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Reserve Bank Governor Dr Anna Breman to watch release of new data ahead of the next monetary policy review in February. Photo / Mark Mitchell

'Inflation will fall': New RBNZ Governor on the OCR being left in place

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 18 Feb 2026, 6:09pm

The Reserve Bank says inflation's too high, but it's actually worried it could soon end up too low.

It's kept the OCR unchanged at 2.25 percent.

New Governor Anna Breman says they're not happy with headline inflation surpassing the one-to-three percent target band last quarter.

But she says underlying core-inflation is much lower, and wage growth slow.

She explained that unless the economy rebounds, they think inflation might actually fall below the target.

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