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RBNZ Interest Rate Decision

RBNZ Interest Rate Decision 18 August 2021

RBNZ Interest Rate Decision 18 August 2021: 0.25%, below the 0.5% forecast and unchanged from 0.25% in July 2021. 1 of the last 10 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 18 Aug 2021 at 02:00 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
0.25%
Forecast
0.5%
The market consensus
Previous
0.25%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A lower-than-expected OCR, or a decision that clearly points to faster cuts, usually weakens the NZD sharply.

RBNZ Interest Rate Decision 18 August 2021: 0.25% against a 0.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Aug 2021—0.25%0.5%0.25%
14 Jul 2021—0.25%0.25%0.25%
26 May 2021—0.25%0.25%0.25%
14 Apr 2021—0.25%0.25%0.25%
24 Feb 2021—0.25%0.25%0.25%
11 Nov 2020—0.25%0.25%0.25%
23 Sep 2020—0.25%0.25%0.25%
12 Aug 2020—0.25%0.25%0.25%
24 Jun 2020—0.25%0.25%0.25%
13 May 2020—0.25%—0.25%
15 Mar 2020—0.25%—1%
12 Feb 2020—1%1%1%
The release before:RBNZ Interest Rate Decision 14 July 2021The release after:RBNZ Interest Rate Decision 6 October 2021RBNZ Interest Rate Decision: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar