New Zealand interest rates lifted for sixth time this year
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WELLINGTON : New Zealand&#39;s central Reserve Bank lifted interest rates for the sixth time this year. Governor Alan Bollard said in a statement the cash rate had been raised to 6.50 percent from 6.25 percent.
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WELLINGTON New Zealand&#39;s central bank raised the benchmark interest rate by a quarter point on Thursday, to 6.5 percent, and said the sixth increase this year may be the last as economic growth slows.
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America&#39;s central bank, the Federal Reserve, last night raised interest rates for the fourth time in six months and warned US consumers and businesses to expect further increases in the cost of borrowing over the coming months.
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The US Federal Reserve raises interest rates to 2.25%, the fifth increase this year.
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The Bank of England should raise interest rates four more times by the end of next year, taking its main interest rate to 5.75 per cent, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
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The value of residential building work carried out in the June quarter was up 26 per cent on the same period last year, and 11 per cent on the March quarter, Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) said today.
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The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates today for the fourth time this year and suggested that it would continue to raise them gradually over the next year.
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The Bank of Japan opts to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.5%, for the sixth month in a row.
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Interest rates will likely remain at a six-year peak of 5.50 percent when Bank of England policymakers convene on Thursday, but another hike is due in the near future as the bank seeks to tame inflation.
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The Bank of England raised its key interest rate Thursday by a quarter of a percentage point to 5.75 percent, the fifth increase this year, in an attempt to curb inflation.
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Bank of Ireland has announced that profits before tax were up 6% from â¬670m in the six months to the end of September last year to â¬713m this year.
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Homeowners are given a boost after policymakers at the Bank of England vote to keep interest rates at 5.25%.
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New Zealand's central bank unexpectedly raises interest rates to 8% sending the currency to a 22-year high.
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China raised interest rates on Thursday for the sixth time this year, the latest of a series of tightening steps to cap inflation and prevent the world's fourth-largest economy from overheating.
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The pound has remained firm, trading at 6-day lows against the euro after better-than-expected UK inflation data Tuesday morning increased expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates further in 2007, most likely in February.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on  Wednesday raised interest rates for a sixth straight time,  extending a policy of gradually lifting borrowing costs to  levels high enough to ward off inflation pressures.
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Japanese interest rates stay on hold at 0.5% for the sixth time in a row, reflecting caution about future economic prospects.