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New Zealand Inflation Q1 2018

New Zealand: Inflation drops sharply in Q1

Consumer prices rose 0.5% in Q1 over the previous quarter according to Statistics New Zealand, up from Q4’s 0.1% rise. The reading reflected higher tobacco prices due to a tax hike on 1 January, as well as price rises for other items such as food and non-alcoholic beverages and housing and household utilities.

Inflation tumbled from 1.6% in Q4 to 1.1% in Q1, near the bottom of the Central Bank’s 1.0%-3.0% target range. The sharp decline was a result of a base effect and the introduction of a free year of tertiary education.

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