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Inflation risk rises as OCR falls further

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 17 Oct 2025, 8:12am
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Inflation risk rises as OCR falls further

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 17 Oct 2025, 8:12am

There are fears that inflation could come back into the picture as the OCR falls. 

Infometrics expects the OCR to fall to 2.25% next month - it's 2.5% at the moment. 

Infometrics Chief Forecaster Gareth Kiernan says they expect to see growth hit 2.3% annual growth in 2027. 

He says alongside stoking inflation, it could create other problems. 

Kiernan says it risks stretching capacity in the construction and infrastructure sector. 

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