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Bollard: No rates hike till late 2010
The strong kiwi dollar is a threat to a sustained recovery, says Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard, while keeping rates steady.

Bollard chooses to be a spectator
Alan Bollard has warned about the economy's imbalances threatening any long term recovery, but he's done nothing about it.

Bollard leaves interest rate steady at 2.5pc
The Reserve Bank has done what most market watchers were expecting this morning and left the official interest rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent.

<i>Dollar Outlook:</i> Kiwi may stay locked at 69c
The New Zealand dollar may be capped under US70 cents this week ahead of the central bank's monetary policy statement.

Bollard focus of high-stakes poker game
Most economists are picking Alan Bollard to leave the OCR unchanged this week, but they're looking carefully for any changes in rhetoric - how much does he think things are improving?

<i>Dollar outlook:</i> Kiwi may gain as US confidence grows
The New Zealand dollar may keep rising this week after good jobs data from the US boosted confidence that the world's largest economy is recovering.