The Reserve Bank will now come under even greater pressure to delay interest rates rises further.
Rob Hosking Wed, 21 Jan 2015
Price inflation dipped into the negative territory in the final months of 2014.
The Reserve Bank will now come under even greater pressure to delay interest rates rises further - or even cut the OCR - after price inflation fell 0.2% in the December quarter.
Petrol prices fell 5.7% for the quarter
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