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Bollard holds rates steady, highlights inflation, growth risks
Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard left interest rates unchanged although his comments about upside risks to inflation pushed the currency and wholesale interest rates up.
Westpac, TSB's mortgage market shares drop slightly
Both Westpac and TSB Bank saw their shares of the mortgage market shrink slightly in the December quarter, although both reported strong profits.
No rate relief this week: Economists
With inflation a continuing problem, Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard is likely to hold interest rates at current high levels, despite an increasingly uncertain outlook for world growth and drought dampening agricultural production.
Rates still on the rise
Mortgage rates are continuing to rise without any prompting from the Reserve Bank.
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