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![Food price data: Cost of eating out spikes but fruit, vegetables and meat still falling](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Food price data: Cost of eating out spikes but fruit, vegetables and meat still falling
New Selected Price Index offers insight into how inflation is tracking.
![NZ stocks celebrate OCR cut with 2% gain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
NZ stocks celebrate OCR cut with 2% gain
The market has given its verdict on the Reserve Bank's cut in the Official Cash Rate.
![Liam Dann: Rate cut signals victory in inflation war](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Liam Dann: Rate cut signals victory in inflation war
Despite debate about grim May forecasts, the RBNZ looks to have landed in the right place.
![Wall St up as producer prices data boosts rate cut bets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Wall St up as producer prices data boosts rate cut bets
US producer prices data showed abating inflation pressures, keeping rate cut on track.
![Are central banks good doctors? Comparing RBNZ and US inflation strategies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Are central banks good doctors? Comparing RBNZ and US inflation strategies
OPINION: How the RBNZ's cautious monetary policies have over-treated the NZ economy.
![OCR explained: What can we expect, and what does the interest rate mean for you?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
OCR explained: What can we expect, and what does the interest rate mean for you?
What exactly is the OCR and what are the experts predicting?
![OCR explained: What can we expect?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
OCR explained: What can we expect?
It’s been called the "economists' super bowl", so will tomorrow’s OCR announcement and monetary policy statement deliver a touchdown, and what will it mean for you?
![Markets heavily favour OCR cut this week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Markets heavily favour OCR cut this week
Market pricing points to a rate cut from the Reserve Bank this week but views are mixed.
![Mark Lister: Did the Fed just make a policy mistake?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Mark Lister: Did the Fed just make a policy mistake?
OPINION: Policymakers need to ensure unemployment doesn’t rise too much.
![Unemployment rose to 4.6% in the June quarter. Will that prompt a rate cut?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Unemployment rose to 4.6% in the June quarter. Will that prompt a rate cut?
More people were jobless as winter arrived, but public sector wages rose 6.9% in a year.
!['It would take out 20% of sales': what many Catalina Bay apartment buyers want](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
'It would take out 20% of sales': what many Catalina Bay apartment buyers want
One-bedroom units are $1.1m, the penthouse is $5m: New project, nearly done, move-in soon.
![Official Cash Rate tipped to hit 5% by year’s end](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Official Cash Rate tipped to hit 5% by year’s end
One bank has updated its OCR forecast, and now expects a drop in October.
![Will higher unemployment bring interest rates down faster?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Will higher unemployment bring interest rates down faster?
Stats NZ releases labour market data for the second quarter on Wednesday.
![Mortgage war? Banks competing hard to win customers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Mortgage war? Banks competing hard to win customers
Some rates have eased in anticipation of the Reserve Bank lowering the official cash rate.
![Ryman reviewing new residents' fixed weekly fees: 'Quite a financial drag'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Ryman reviewing new residents' fixed weekly fees: 'Quite a financial drag'
'The fixed fee has hurt us. No one expected rates to go up 15% per annum."
![Fed says first cut to US interest rates could come in September](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Fed says first cut to US interest rates could come in September
Financial Times: Comments by chair Powell boost expectations of pre-election move.
![If wages have kept up with inflation, what are we complaining about?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
If wages have kept up with inflation, what are we complaining about?
OPINION: Why cheering for higher unemployment just feels wrong.
![Business confidence rises with a ‘can’t get any worse vibe to it’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Business confidence rises with a ‘can’t get any worse vibe to it’
"The evidence is mounting that the inflation dragon is on its last legs."
![Watch: 'Cost of living relief is on its way' – Luxon and Willis speak ahead of tax cuts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Watch: 'Cost of living relief is on its way' – Luxon and Willis speak ahead of tax cuts
The cuts to income tax will come into force from Wednesday.