The focus this week will remain on the Middle East, with US President Trump’s ten-day pause in attacks on Iran’s energy facilities set to expire on Monday.
The key economic release is likely to be the CPI inflation report for March in the US, where annual inflation is expected to jump to a two-year high of 3.4%.
Here in Aotearoa the main event will be the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy decision on Wednesday afternoon.
While no change to the OCR is expected, the tone and commentary of the statement (and press conference) will be of more interest.
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