- we are officially contractionary on policy
- we must reduce both actual and expected inflation
- never before has labor been more scarce
- the global economy has been impacted by significant shocks
- financial system is resilient to rising unemployment
- could be a job retreat session
- biggest surprise since August is the persistence of global inflation, domestic price pressures
- the quicker inflation expectations come down, less work RBNZ has to do
RBNZ chief economist Conway:
- The decline in construction is critical to the inflation outlook
- the significant slowdown in home construction is on the way. It will get tougher for building sector
The NZDUSD is trading to new session highs and looks toward the 50% midpoint of the 2022 trading range and 0.62719. Above that level is the falling 200 day moving average at 0.6302. The last time the price traded above the 200 day moving average was back on April 7.