WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand's central bank held its key interest rate at 3 percent Thursday as a weak, slow recovery continues, and the bank signaled it's in no hurry to hike rates.
This second consecutive rate hold follows two successive quarter-point increases that lifted the rate to 3 percent from its record low of 2.5 percent, where it was held for 13 months to counter the worldwide recession.
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