New Zealand says inflation in the fourth quarter was at an annual rate of 2.2%, comfortably within the central bank’s target ...

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Waldo Krugel, an economist at Northwest University, says there is still less pressure on consumers as food prices are not ...

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New Zealand's Consumers Price Index (CPI) increased 2.2 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2024, following a 2.2 per cent annual increase in the third quarter of 2024, both being slower ...

“Annual rent inflation continues to grow at a consistent rate. Between the December 2023 and 2024 quarters, annual rent ...

Moreover, the USD could recover its recent losses in the near term as the US Federal Reserve (Fed) is expected to maintain ...