New Zealand's central bank stuns markets with 50-bp 率 削減(する)

WELLINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) stunned markets on Wednesday by cutting the 公式の/役人 cash 率 (OCR) by a bigger-than-推定する/予想するd 50 basis points to 1.00%, as it looks to 支え(る)-up a 冷静な/正味のing economy in the 直面する of 強めるing 全世界の 圧力.

"The 通貨の 政策 委員会 agreed that a lower OCR is necessary to continue to 会合,会う its 雇用 and インフレーション 客観的なs," RBNZ's 通貨の 政策 委員会 said in a 声明 …を伴ってing its 率s 決定/判定勝ち(する).

The central bank lowered its cash 率 by 25 basis points (bps) in May, and 経済学者s 投票d by Reuters had 予報するd policymakers would 削減(する) 率s again this week by 25 bps.

The New Zealand dollar 宙返り/暴落するd 1% to $0.6443, a 10-month low. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Praveen Menon and Charlotte Greenfield; editing by Shri Navaratnam)

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