The Reserve Bank of New Zealand isn't considering an increase in interest rates at present, says assistant governor John McDermott.
The kiwi dollar shed almost half a US cent after he spoke on Thursday.
"Before considering any tightening in monetary policy we would need to be confident that increased capacity utilisation and labour market tightness was generating, or about to generate, a substantial increase in inflation," Mr McDermott told a business meeting in Hamilton.
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