Even though inflation has been unexpectedly much more benign, the chief economist at one of New Zealand's major fund managers expects that price pressures will build.
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Bevan Graham at AMP Capital is still among the most hawkish economists in expecting the Reserve Bank will need to raise the official cash rate again as early as March next year.
Figures due on Thursday are expected to show inflation in the September quarter under-shooting the Reserve Bank's forecast and that the annual rate of 1.1 or 1.2 percent was near the bottom of the central bank's 1 to 3 percent target range.