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Inflation breaches the RBNZ upper band

23 Jan 2026
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Our take on the latest Consumers price index (Fri 23 Jan 2026)

Inflation up to 3.1%pa
Non-tradable inflation unchanged at 3.5%pa
OCR expectations and wholesale interest rates likely to increase

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