Governor Orr speaking at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Monetary Policy Statement media conference.

He is sounding a little less hawkish than the Statement.

Q&A:

  • will take time for domestic inflation to decline
  • economy has lower potential growth rate, unsure if that is temporary
  • have limited upside room for inflation surprises
  • pleased that inflation expectations are falling, need to fall further
  • OCR track is a central projections, not an absolute predicition

NZD/USD has dribbled lower during the press conference. Orr not nearly as hawkish as the Statement was read earlier.

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