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Housing over-valued by 25%, rates hike pressure rising: IMF

The median house price is about 4.5 times income, some 20% higher than the average of the past 30 years.

RBA cuts key rate to 2.75%, narrowing gap with NZ

A narrower gap lifts the appeal of the kiwi, especially with traders betting the next move here will be an increase.

Reserve Bank 'helpless' against housing market

Strong demand for NZ inflation indexed bonds

Investors offered to buy more than six times the amount of bonds on offer in the NZ Debt Management Office's first sale of the securities this year.

Lower rates favoured more than higher by shadow board

Graeme Wheeler: Expected to hold the official cash rate at 2.5%

Economists widely expect the Reserve Bank to hold the official cash rate at 2.5% tomorrow and that is also the official line of the NZIER shadow board.

Why Wheeler could stage an early OCR hike