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ASB Adjusts Rates Following OCR Increase

ASB is making interest rate adjustments following today’s decision by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to increase the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 0.25%.

ASB is lifting interest rates on its Saving Plus deposit account and its Headstart account, passing on the full OCR change plus an additional 0.10% to customers. The maximum interest rate on ASB’s Savings Plus and Headstart will increase by 0.35% from 4.65% to 5.00%. ASB’s Savings On Call account will increase from 2.65% to 2.90%.

ASB’s Housing Variable rate will move from 8.39% to 8.64% while the ORBIT home loan rate will move from 8.49% to 8.74%.

These changes follow ASB’s increases to its short-term deposits rates last week, including its market leading six-month term of 5.55%.

Savings Plus bonus interest changes will be effective from 1 July 2023. All other personal savings rates take effect from 8 June 2023. New variable rates are effective for all new housing loans from 1 June 2023 and 8 June 2023 for existing loans.

ASB savings rate changes*:

SavingsBandCurrent RatesNew RatesRate Change
Savings Plus**No Bonus2.55%2.55%No change
Partial Bonus2.65%2.65%No change
Full Bonus**4.65%5.00%+0.35%
HeadstartAll Balances4.65%5.00%+0.35%
Savings On Call & ASB Cash FundAll Balances2.65%2.90%+0.25%
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* Effective from 8 June 2023 excluding Savings Plus

** Savings Plus is effective from 1 July 2023

Home Loan*Current RatesNew RatesRate Change
Housing Variable8.39%8.64%+0.25%
Orbit8.49%8.74%+0.25%
Back My Build5.94%6.19%+0.25%

*Home loan rates effective from 1 June 2023 for new lending and 8 June 2023 for existing customers.

Note - Back My Build applications are no longer open to new customers.

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