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From: | "G Stolwyk" <stolwyk@wave.co.nz> |
Date: | Thu, 1 Mar 2001 01:07:32 +1300 |
Please refer to my previous post.
I forgot to mention that the previous results from
Jan. 30 were based on an exchange rate of 0.7984.
The latest Australian results - see table - have a
rate of 0.8209 !
If the previous rate of 0.7984 is applied, then
the" INCREASE ( NZ ): 9.12 %" - see table - would read:
10.87%.
There is talk of the Aussies lowering their rates
again. If dr. Brash won't match this, then we shall be worse off again, next
time!
He may consider that the economic cycles of both
countries are diverging; he could be worried about some wage increases
still to come and the effects of the present agricultural export
prices.
I better stop "giving him an excuse to hold the
rates"!
I guess present exchange rates could have factored
in some, if not most of any Aussie tinkering to come!
Gerry
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