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title: NZIER’s Shadow Board calls for tightening at the upcoming meeting
description: The Shadow Board overwhelmingly calls for a tightening in monetary policy at the August Monetary Policy Statement, with many noting an OCR increase would be appropriate. That said, there remained a wide range of views amongst the Shadow Board
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# [NZIER’s Shadow Board calls for tightening at the upcoming meeting](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/nziers-shadow-board-calls-for-tightening-at-the-upcoming-meeting)

 Written by [The NZIER Team](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/author/the-nzier-team) | August 15, 2021

The Shadow Board overwhelmingly calls for a tightening in monetary policy at the August *Monetary Policy Statement*, with many noting an OCR increase would be appropriate. That said, there remained a wide range of views amongst the Shadow Board.

 

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