Westpac predicts that New Zealand CPI inflation will rise by 0.8% in the March quarter. That would see the annual inflation rate drop to 4.2%, down from 4.7% at the end of 2023. However, CPI inflation would still be stronger than the Reserve Bank assumed in its February Monetary Policy Statement. Westpac notes that while
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