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Pass this rate cut on, Bollard tells banks
Alan Bollard announcing the 1.5pc cut today. Images / Mark Mitchell, Christoph Lukasser
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New Zealand's banks have been told to pass on the benefits of today's record 1.5 percentage point cut in official interest rates. Making his move this morning, Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard made… More
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