Official Cash Rate
The Official Cash Rate is down, but are you up on the impact?
The OCR goes up to bring inflation down. So now that the OCR is falling, what does it mean for inflation - and what does that mean for New Zealanders? Audio
OCR is on hold so why are home loan rates still rising?
The official cash rate hasn't be hiked since May so why are home loans still rising? Yesterday, ASB raised its one year mortgage rate to 7.45 per cent. ASB's two-year fixed rate went up to 7.05… Audio
The Week in Detail: Reserve Bank, Ukraine, and the Pacific
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The hand that holds the purse strings
Why is the Reserve Bank facing flak from every angle over its economic handling of the pandemic? Audio
Could the OCR drop into negatives?
Earlier this week the Reserve Bank dropped the official cash rate by 50 basis points to one percent. But what does this actually MEAN? And how will it affect people? Audio
The Cookies and Cream mystery and other economic conundrums
The Two Cents' Worth team have gone in search of answers to their most burning economic questions.
What happened to Tip Top Cookies and Cream ice cream? Where did all the boutique barbershops in… Audio
The price of money
Last week the OCR dropped 25 basis points. What is the OCR, why does it matter, how’s the Government involved, and why weren’t the basis points better attached? Audio
'We're actually getting ahead of the cycles' - Reserve Bank on OCR cut
The Reserve Bank governor says he cannot yet say if another official cash rate cut will be needed. Audio
Official Cash Rate now 1.5%
As you may have just heard in the news, the Reserve Bank's new monetary policy committee has just released its first decision on the Official Cash Rate - and it has reduced to 1.5 percent. Audio
Reserve Bank reverses outlook, Mercury windfarm on horizon
Business commentator Rod Oram talks to Kathryn about the Reserve Bank reversing its outlook and now it expects it will cut its Official Cash Rate. Mercury announces it will build a major wind farm… Audio
Global economic slowdown underway with big changes afoot
The increasing risk of a global economic slowdown might be a cause for a shift in monetary policy direction ... but it's unlikely to influence today's official cash rate review. Audio
Housing market remains key concern for Reserve Bank
A surging housing market, low inflation expectations, and a strong exchange rate remain the Reserve Bank's major headaches, according to its annual report.
Official Cash Rate cut expected this morning
A cut in interest rates to a record low is considered all but certain this morning - but how much will retail banks pass on to borrowers?.
Exporters doubt OCR cuts will lower dollar
An expected cut in interest rates by the Reserve Bank is unlikely to help lower the dollar, exporters say.
Brexit key to this week's agenda
Britain and Europe will be the focus for financial markets, as the crucial vote on whether the UK leaves the EU rolls around this week. Audio
Bernard Hickey discusses why the OCR is being left on hold
Economist Bernard Hickey talks about why the official cash rate's been left unchanged. Audio
OCR held at 2.25%
The Kiwi dollar is trading above 71 cents against its US counterpart for the first time in a year, after the Reserve Bank held the official cash rate at 2-point-25 percent, as many analysts had been… Audio
Reserve Bank makes OCR call today
The Reserve Bank is expected to leave the cost of borrowing on hold at a record low 2 point 25 percent at 9 o'clock. Audio
Reserve Bank makes OCR call today
The Reserve Bank makes a call on the official cash rate this morning, but odds are interest rates will be left unchanged at 2-point-25 percent. Audio
Credit card rates 'don't seem fair'
Consumers are calling on credit card rates to drop and reflect the country's lowest ever interest rates.
