12 Oct 2025

What’s next for the economy?

From Sunday Morning, 11:33 am on 12 October 2025

This week the Reserve Bank made the decision to cut the official cash rate by 50 basis points to 2.5 percent, in an effort to improve consumer confidence and boost the country's economy. But is it too little too late? And is the AI bubble about to burst?

RNZ’s business reporter and former market analyst Jeffrey Halley is with Jim to discuss the outlook for the economy. 

Reserve Bank of New Zealand office and OCR text

Photo: RNZ