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Pressure on Bollard to hold rates steady

Opinion is divided on whether inflationary pressures and the global crisis will be enough for Alan Bollard to begin lifting rates next week.

Australia holds interest rate at 4.5 per cent

Reserve Bank should leave rate hikes till Sept: NZIER

NZ dollar falls after IMF says overvalued

Interest rate hike looking less likely, say economists

EU leaders find it difficult to click in efforts to save euro

Budget tax overhaul set to fuel inflation spike

Inflation is expected to spike higher than many were predicting, as a result of yesterday's Budget tax changes.

Euro credit crisis looms over NZ stability: Bollard

As an external debtor country, NZ could be vulnerable to any renewed deterioration in global debt markets, the Reserve Bank Governor says.

Greece agrees to savage cuts

Greece and the wider eurozone scrambled back from the brink of disaster again on Friday as the outline of an IMF/eurozone rescue package emerged.

Kiwi dollar drops as OCR held steady

Greek debt crisis shows Europe's clash of cultures

OCR steady, rates to rise 'over coming months'

Official interest rates are staying at 2.5pc but Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard hints increases are likely 'in coming months'.

<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Governor's big call was on the button

<i> Alan McChesney:</i> Savvy investors may make rich pickings

Interest rate unlikely to be lifted, but review will give clues

Interest rates to stay on hold next week, says economist