New Zealand has 9 new confirmed COVID-19 cases today

The latest on the New Zealand outbreak.

I can't see it getting much worse (famous last words … I know) given the rapid response from the NZ govmt to place the country's largest city, Auckland, into level 3 lockdown and the rest of the country into level 2.

Earlier:

• Coronavirus - NZ election postponed from September 19 to October 17

And:

• ASB change their RBNZ forecast - OCR to be cut by 75bps to -0.50% by early 2021

AUD/NZD continues to tick higher, this from earlier:

• NZD loses some ground against the AUD early in the new FX week