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'Growth and stability' stoke demand for kiwi dollar

Global investors happy to put their money in New Zealand, Reserve Bank deputy governor Grant Spencer says.

Our exports may fall by $3 billion this year, says BNZ

New Zealand's exports of goods may decline by $3 billion over the next 12 months, led by food products as global prices fall and the kiwi dollar remains stubbornly high.

Kiwi gains as traders call Bollard's bluff on rates cut

The kiwi gained in local trading despite an attempt to Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard to talk down the currency when he kept interest rates at their record low level today.

Thursday's OCR should stay at 2.5% - experts

The Reserve Bank should keep the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 2.5% this week, say a panel of experts.

Bets on NZ rate rises dwindle as kiwi stays high

Expectations of an official cash rate hike over the next 12 months have fallen to the lowest since mid-February as a high kiwi and a modest economic recovery keep inflation well within the central bank's target range.

Bollard speaks out on 'printing money'