NZDUSD Fundamental Analysis
Bloomberg—The New Zealand dollar climbed over 1% to $0.568, reaching its highest point in three weeks. This came after the Reserve Bank cut interest rates as expected but hinted that it may soon stop easing policy. The RBNZ reduced its cash rate by 25bps to 2.25%, the lowest level since June 2022, to help support the economy.
Even so, its new outlook was slightly more hawkish. The bank now sees the cash rate dipping only to 2.2% in the second quarter of next year and moving to 2.28% by the end of 2026. Because of this, markets quickly lowered the chances of another rate cut to about 20%, down from more than 50% the day before.