Mike Jones: BNZ Chief Economist on the unemployment rate rising to 5.2%, expected OCR cut
The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Newstalk ZB
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Rising unemployment is expected to add to the case for a lower OCR.
Unemployment's hit a five-year high of 5.2% and is expected to rise further.
Economists now broadly expect the Reserve Bank to cut the Official Cash Rate by another 25-basis-points to 3% in two weeks.
BNZ Chief Economist Mike Jones told Mike Hosking further cuts now seem likely.
He says his team have been forecasting a neutral rate of 2.75% for years, but there's a chance the OCR could get to 2.5 percent in the current cycle.
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