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title: Intense inflation pressures drive calls for higher interest rates
description: The Shadow Board is overwhelmingly calling for a tightening in monetary policy, primarily through higher interest rates.
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# [Intense inflation pressures drive calls for higher interest rates](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/intense-inflation-pressures-drive-calls-for-higher-interest-rates)

 Written by [The NZIER Team](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/author/the-nzier-team) | November 21, 2021

The Shadow Board is overwhelmingly calling for a tightening in monetary policy, primarily through higher interest rates. However, this view was not unanimous, with Shadow Board members in the business community who were more cautious about further tightening at the upcoming meeting. 

 

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