Thursday, January 29, 2009

New Zealand slashes key rate by 11/2 points

New Zealand's central bank cut its main interest rate by a larger-than-expected 1.5 percentage points Thursday, saying the global recession's fallout on the domestic economy will be harsher than its earlier assessment.

The move sent the official cash rate -- once among the highest in the industrialized world -- to 3.5%.

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