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Kia ora, Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with markets investors are looking sceptically at restarted US data and the outstanding Nvidia result. First, the American initial …
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As risk fear rises, bond markets draw attention
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Kia ora, Welcome to Thursday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with markets are even more skittish today, with key activity moving into bond markets even at higher yields. First, American mort…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news risk aversion is the theme of the day for investors who seem particularly jittery about AI valuations, crypto prices, …
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Kia ora, Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news there are more twists and turns in international trade to report today. But first in the US, the NY Empire factory surve…
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Affordability pressure has everyone's attention now
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Kia ora, Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news inflation is rising more quickly in one large economy, the US, and policymakers and financial markets are getting skittis…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news that we have unexpectedly weak data from China and unexpectedly strong data from Australia. But first in the US, it is ba…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Thursday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news that with the Indian subcontinent on the edge of armed conflict and tit-for-tat terrorist moves and retaliation, the wo…
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Despite the US funk, the rest of the world gets on with it
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Kia ora, Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news economic optimism seems to be on the rise in many places, but not in the world's largest economy. First in the US, not…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news the US is moving to end its government shutdown. First, Wall Street has started its week positively with the S&P 500 ris…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news Chinese data released over the weekend indicates their domestic economy is holding its own, and their export economy cont…
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US belt-tightening takes hold, jitters haunt financial markets
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Kia ora, Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with the mess in the US is getting worse as 'retribution' is ramped up. Markets are getting nervous. First, the US government shutd…
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Better on the surface, but wobbly underneath
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Kia ora, Welcome to Thursday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with the good bits of news which seem to dominate today are in fact masking some less-than-good trends nested within them. First …
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Risk-off as investors realise they may have overdone it
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Kia ora, Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with of leaking economic signals everywhere we look today. And the NZD is in retreat as the mood sours on commodity currencies, …
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The US factory sector shrinks at a faster pace
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Kia ora, Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with mixed news about how the world's factories are faring. First up today we need to report that the closely watched US ISM facto…
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Some countries have an resurgent inflation problem
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Kia ora, Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news rising inflation pressures are now appearing everywhere in the West, underpinned by poor economic judgements. This week w…
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US-China trade truce cements China's growing strength
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Kia ora, Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news benchmark bond rates are on the move higher as the bond market passes its judgment on the geopolitical trade situation an…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Thursday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news the two big policy set pieces today have been underwhelming. First up today, the US Fed trimmed its policy rate by -25%…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news the US Fed is meeting but flying blind on both inflation and jobs data. But other indications suggests the US economy …
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Kia ora, Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news expectations are gyrating around the upcoming US-China leaders meeting. Markets have high expectations and are pricing i…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news of a sudden jump in international crude oil prices as the US sanctioned the main Russian oil companies. In the US, existi…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Thursday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news the US federal Government shutdown is now the second longest in their history having just overtaken the 1995-96 one whe…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news the market assumption that Trump's upcoming meeting with Chinese president Xi would calm trade matters seems up in the…
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Cautious consumers in China, Albanese wins in Washington
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Kia ora, Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news Australia seems to have avoided American ire when Prime Minister Albanese visited Washington overnight. They ended with …
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Kia ora, Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news Australia is facing some hard choices in their relationships with China and the US. Can you have security without economi…
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Financial markets gird for bubble risk fallout
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Kia ora, Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news that while the 'real economy' is barely able to expand - but is in fact doing so modestly - there are two extreme bubbles…
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US gets faster inflation, but ignored by officials
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Kia ora, Welcome to Thursday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news inflation is getting entrenched in the US and policymakers are starting to look away from the threat under political pr…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news both Fed boss Powell, and the IMF are increasingly concerned about financial stability. But first up today, there was …
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Kia ora, Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news Trump (and Vance) are attempting to roll-back their aggression in the face of ugly financial market reactions and firm C…
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Trump's latest double standards rattle financial markets
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Kia ora, Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news markets will be on edge this week after a sharp -2.7% retreat on Wall Street on Friday and the largest one-day drop since…
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China regains poise, US stumbles through shutdown
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Kia ora, Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news China's economic activity over their holiday period will be impressing investors, while the US worries about weakening la…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Thursday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news it seems the absence of official US economic data isn't holding back financial market risk takers, and even the data th…
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Tech & commodities rise without data guardrails
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Kia ora, Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news that while much of the financial world seems disconnected from economic reality, we are about to reminded of our local re…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news the US is throwing out its existing economic playbooks and replacing it with personal revenge and retribution. First, the…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Thursday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news markets are maintaining a wilful blindness in the face of the arrival of some major threats and poor data. Firstly we s…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news the US faces a federal government shutdown as markets start to realise Trump has no problem being reckless and has no …
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Kia ora, Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news gold is soaring on US missteps, and oil is falling as demand falters while supply is rising fast. Overnight US data was …
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Kia ora, Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news even the giant American economy can't seem to maintain its momentum, with Trump grabbing at all the levers of government.…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news that currency markets, bond markets and equity markets all react to unexpectedly 'strong' US data releases overnight, muc…
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America turns economically brittle on Trump corrosion
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Kia ora, Welcome to Thursday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news we are less than a week away from another potential US federal government funding shutdown. But first up today, we can …
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Kia ora, Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news the latest data shows American business activity slowing further. But first up this morning we should note that the ov…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news Super Typhoon Ragasa aims for a direct hit on southern China. But first up, we can report that the US National Activity …
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Who is foretelling our economic future? the equity or bond market?
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Kia ora, Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news we are likely to get a lesson this week reconfirming that equity markets all look for short-term profit hits and are now …
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Kia ora, Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news the New Zealand dollar has been re-rated sharply lower overnight, although to be fair only back to levels it was at in Ap…
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A Fed rate cut, but also rising imposed uncertainty
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Kia ora, Welcome to Thursday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news financial markets are struggling to make sense of the US Fed's latest rate cut rationale, one that looks infused with n…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news markets now universally expect the American central bank to cut rates tomorrow by -25 bps. But today, the overnight da…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news both the US and China are eyeing rate cuts to bolster wavering economies. While all financial market attention is on the…
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Inflation up, jobs down. The US Fed has to choose a policy direction
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Kia ora, Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news fighting inflation may well be a downgraded objective in the face of political pressure. The consequences could be long-l…
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Kia ora, Welcome to Friday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand. I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz. And today we lead with news away from the guns and hatred consuming the US at present. Our challenge is to keep it out of our society. Markets had be…
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