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Official cash rate news

Annual inflation up to 2.5%
New CPI data shows rents drove an increase in inflation.

Gloomy forecast: ANZ sees OCR falling to 2.5% as recovery falters
GDP growth will be weaker as confidence weakens, ANZ economists say.

Inside Economics: Measuring tariff turmoil uncertainty... plus inflation risks
Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week's economic news

Market Close: Why interest rate cuts couldn't boost NZ sharemarket
The NZX slides despite some rate relief.

Reserve Bank cuts OCR by 25 basis points to 3.5%, banks trim floating home loan rates
The RBNZ says it has scope to lower OCR further as effect of US tariffs become clearer.

Liam Dann: Big OCR call today as tariff turmoil threatens NZ recovery
US trade policy may force a rethink on how low the OCR has to go.

Revealed: What Nicola Willis was told ahead of Adrian Orr’s shock resignation
Documents show Orr wasn't meant to resign before the RBNZ hosted a big conference.

Inside Economics: Could Trump tariffs mean lower OCR, plus why house prices are just ‘plodding’
OPINION: Liam Dann takes a deep dive into the week's economic news.

ANZ Business Outlook: Slowly improving but it ‘isn’t easy’
Business confidence is steady but inflation pressures have risen, an ANZ survey says.