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![<i>Bernard Hickey: </i>Tightening without hiking the OCR](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Bernard Hickey: </i>Tightening without hiking the OCR
The Reserve Bank has slightly opened its forecast window for the first rate hike by a month or two in this morning's statement.
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OCR steady, rates to rise 'over coming months'
Official interest rates are staying at 2.5pc but Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard hints increases are likely 'in coming months'.
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Kiwi hits US72c and rise on cards
The NZ dollar has hit a four-month high against the greenback and could rise further, economists say.