RBNZ cuts rates 50 bp to 2.50% from 3.00%

  • Earthquake caused immense business disruption
  • Rate cut will lessen economic impact
  • GDP growth weak even before quake
  • Growth will be quite weak in H1 2011
  • Rates may rise once rebuilding phase is underway

Kiwi is at session lows of 0.7378 in the wake of the cut which the market had not fully priced in.

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