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It takes more than one recession to tame inflation

‘Inflation is no-one’s friend and we are getting rid of it,’ Adrian Orr says.

The Reserve Bank has surprised some economists by cutting the OCR to 5.25%.

Brent Edwards Thu, 15 Aug 2024

Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr was a relieved man when he walked into his monetary policy news conference yesterday.

The bank had just announced it was cutting the official cash rate from 5.50% to 5.25%, confident that inflation was now moving back into its target band of 1-3%.

But the price is

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Brent Edwards Thu, 15 Aug 2024
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