RBNZ's Conway: If inflation expectations don't fall, will have to do more on interest rates

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WELLINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - New Zealand central bank chief economist Paul Conway said on Thursday that if inflation expectations do not fall, monetary policy would have to do more work. The inflation rate has been running at near three-decade highs, well above the bank's target range of 1% to 3%, and at the same time inflation expectations have remained high. Conway told reporters on the sidelines of the KangaNews-ANZ New Zealand Capital Markets Forum in Wellington that if inflation expectations do not fall, then the central bank would need to do more work through interest rates and more work through the real side of the economy. (Reporting by Lucy Craymer; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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