The Reserve Bank of New Zealand says hikes are coming sooner rather than later, sending the NZ dollar up. And Australia’s headline inflation undershoots in April, sending the Aussie dollar down.

In our deep-dive interview, ANZ Senior Rates Strategist Jennifer Kusuma says Asian local currency bond markets have been resilient through the Middle East conflict. But there are rising inflation risks.

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