Media release
Newmarket Business Association
Thursday 4 December 2008
Interest rate cut great for Christmas retailing
Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard's dramatic cutting of the official cash rate this morning is great news for New
Zealand's retailers three weeks before Christmas, says Auckland's leading retailing district.
"This is a good morale booster for consumer confidence and discretionary incomes. The cut comes on top of petrol prices
falling and October's tax cuts so it's all good for the back pocket. April's tax cuts will provide another boost," says
Cameron Brewer, head of the Newmarket Business Association.
"Households have been really squeezed, and so subsequently it's been a tough year for many of the country's retailers.
Taking the slasher to interest rates is welcome relief. Christmas is looking brighter."
ENDS