回到未来:随着能源价格担忧的消退,新西兰储备银行将缩减OCR加息。自5月初我们上次审查我们对全球和国内经济的预测以来,情况发生了很大变化——考虑到下个月政策审查中新西兰储备银行加息的持续定价,市场似乎已经意识到了这一点。关键问题是,在缓解波斯湾紧张局势方面取得了出乎意料的快速进展,霍尔木兹海峡的航运流量有可能更快地恢复,从而改善了石油、石化产品和天然气以及一系列其他关键产品(如化肥)的贸易流量。
Back to the Future: RBNZ to Scale Back OCR Hikes as Energy Price Worries Recede.A great deal has changed since early May when we last reviewed our forecasts for the global and domestic economies – more than the market appears to have appreciated considering the continued pricing of a RBNZ rate hike at next month's policy review. The key issue has been the unexpectedly quick progress on reducing Persian Gulf tensions and the potential for a faster return of shipping flows in the Strait of Hormuz, with resultant improvements in trade flows of oil, petrochemical products and natural gas, as well as a range of other key products (such as fertiliser).