Reserve Bank of New Zealand meeting —

At its 9 July 2025 meeting, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand held its policy rate at 3.25%.

Decision

hold — 3.25% to 3.25%

Key passages

The Monetary Policy Committee today agreed to hold the Official Cash Rate at 3.25 percent.

OCR left unchanged at 3.25% as expected.

Annual consumers price inflation will likely increase towards the top of the Monetary Policy Committee’s 1 to 3 percent target band over mid-2025. However, with spare productive capacity in the economy and declining domestic inflation pressures, headline inflation is expected to remain in the band and return to around 2 percent by early 2026.

Inflation to rise then fall to 2% by early 2026.

Meeting documents

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