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紐西蘭服務業三月持續萎縮

-- 受中東衝突影響,紐西蘭服務業在3月進一步萎縮。 根據紐西蘭商業促進局(BusinessNZ)週一發布的新聞稿,BusinessNZ服務業績效指數從2月份的47.6降至46.0。 BusinessNZ執行長凱瑟琳·里奇表示:“新西蘭服務業顯然受到了伊朗衝突的影響。主要涉及非必需消費的行業受到的衝擊尤為嚴重,這可能反映出消費者信心不足。” 涉及非必需消費的行業包括住宿、咖啡館和餐廳以及文化和娛樂服務。 由於美伊衝突引發油價衝擊,尤其是全球最重要的石油通道——霍爾木茲海峽的關閉,旅遊業和航空業也受到了影響。本月初,紐西蘭航空(NZE:AIR,ASX:AIZ)表示,由於航空燃油成本上漲,將對其5月和6月約4%的航班進行微調。 BNZ表示,所有五個分項指數均低於50的中性讀數,其中經濟活動和銷售指數最為疲軟,僅44.6。 伊朗戰爭也加劇了受訪者的悲觀情緒,3月持負面評論的比例從上月的56.4%上升至69.1%。 BNZ研究主管史蒂芬·托普利斯表示,這一結果表明經濟可能很快就會開始萎縮。 預計這場戰爭將給通膨帶來更大壓力,尤其是在美伊兩國在為期兩週的停火期間未能達成協議的情況下。隨著兩國談判破裂,美國總統川普下令封鎖霍爾木茲海峽。 澳新銀行的分析師預計,通膨不可避免的上升可能會促使紐西蘭儲備銀行今年連續三次升息。該行預測,紐西蘭儲備銀行可能在7月、9月和10月分別升息25個基點,使官方現金利率達到3%。 西太平洋銀行預計,紐西蘭儲備銀行將升息25個基點,直至官方現金利率(OCR)達到3.5%。 西太平洋銀行新西蘭首席經濟學家凱莉·埃克霍爾德表示:「我們仍然認為,利率週期後半段的走勢將與上一階段相同,即官方現金利率將高於我們評估的中性水平(目前仍為3.75%),在2027年12月達到峰值4.25%,並在2028年維持在4.25%的水平,之後在4.252年維持在4.25%。

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