• New Zealand borrowers are set to pay higher interest rates as a consequence of the US Federal Reserve’s decision to raise its rates and the prospect of a more aggressive tightening of policy in Washington next year.

The US central bank’s interest rate rise, the first in a year and only the second in a decade, was not unexpected but its forecast of three increases next year and in each of the following two years was stronger than expected.

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