Kiwi’s slide looks far from over as traders add to rate-cut bets


A New Zealand Dollar note is seen in this picture illustration June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo

SYDNEY: New Zealand’s dollar is set to suffer more pain, as markets brace for a string of interest-rate cuts from the central bank starting this week.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia predicts the currency will decline to NZ$1.15 per Australian dollar by year-end, the weakest level in more than a decade, while Kiwibank sees the kiwi extending last quarter’s slump against the greenback.

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