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INTEREST RATES

Record-low rates mean cost-savings for borrowers: could they go lower?
Interest Rates

With mortgage rates at a record low should borrowers lock-in or wait?

Record-low rates mean cost-savings for borrowers: could they go lower?

Bank home loan rates drop
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Record new low: Bank slashes home loan fixed interest rate to 2.69 percent

Home buyers - and homeowners coming off fixed rates - with have a little extra cash.
Watch: Madison Reidy's report
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Official Cash Rate held at 0.25 percent

The Reserve Bank announces 'no change' to the Official Cash Rate
Two banks have released all-time low interest rates.
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Below 3 percent: Banks announce lowest mortgage rate on record

What the new rate means for borrowers and first-home buyers.
NZ Dollar notes
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OCR predicted to fall below 0 percent by end of 2020

Economists pick the Official Cash Rate (OCR) will fall to negative 0.5 percent before the end of 2020.

Reserve Bank Governor talks to The AM Show. Video - Newshub, Image - Supplied.
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Coronavirus: Need for OCR cut 'very obvious' - Reserve Bank

'Once we made the move, we wanted to make it deliberate.'
Economists think that the Official Cash Rate will drop below 1 percent in March.
Interest Rates

Economists expect Reserve Bank to follow Australia and US and cut cash rate

A cut to the Official Cash Rate is on the horizon.
Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr
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Official Cash Rate stays the same

The Reserve Bank announces 'no change' to the Official Cash Rate.
Watch: The Reserve Bank shocked the market when it announced no change to the Official Cash Rate in November. Credits: Video - Newshub; Image - Getty.
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'Coronavirus outbreak reinforces OCR cut as a possibility' - economist

Has the Official Cash Rate bottomed out at 1 percent?