The Reserve Bank spent most of 2025 lowering the OCR, leaving experts to speculate how these changes impacted the economy.

Since then, economic and business confidence has gone up for the start of 2026, but inflation data for the December quarter has raised some concerns

Milford Asset Management expert Brendan Larsen explained further.

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The Reserve Bank spent most of 2025 lowering the OCR, leaving experts to speculate how these changes impacted the economy.
Since then, economic and business confidence has gone up for the start of 2026, but inflation data for the December quarter has raised some concerns
Milford Asset Management expert Brendan Larsen explained further.
LISTEN ABOVE

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Brendan Larsen: Milford Asset Management expert on the possibility of more OCR changes

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