New Zealand Achieves Biggest Rate Hike Ever; Asia-Pacific stocks mixed ahead of Fed minutes
New Zealand dollar strengthens after biggest rate hike The New Zealand dollar strengthened to 0.6192 against the dollar after the central bank raised rates by 75 basis points, its biggest rise on record. The NZD last traded at 0.6170 against the dollar and the NZX 50 index in New Zealand fell 0.8%. The New Zealand …