Henry Russell: ANZ Economist predicts the inflation rates for the last three months to September

Published: Oct. 16, 2023, 6:46 p.m.

High inflation may be sticking around for a while longer. \xa0

Stats NZ will release the figure for the three months to September today. \xa0

Petrol is a big factor in that increase, with a combined removal of the subsidy and international factors driving it up. \xa0

ANZ Economist Henry Russell expects the annualised figure to September to be 6.1%. \xa0

He told Mike Hosking that there other factors contributing to that. \xa0

Russell says wages are an important factor in domestic inflation and contribute towards the Reserve Bank's decisions.\xa0

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