RBNZ, Interest rate raised by 0.5%p   The Central Bank of New Zealand has raised interest rates by 0.5%p in a surprise move. It appears to have preemptively raised interest rates ahead of next month’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in the United States. On the 5th, the Central Bank of New Zealand held…

RBNZ, Which took a ‘surprise big step’… The benchmark interest rate is at its highest level in 14 years   According to Reuters on the 5th, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) suddenly raised interest rates by 0.5 points at once, which is called a ‘big step’ (raising the benchmark interest rate by 0.5…