Best David Chaston Podcasts (2025)

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Both the Fed, and Trump underwhelm 5:04

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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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Concerns about US labour market grow 5:03

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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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Betting on short-term positivity 5:36

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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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US sanctions Russian oil 4:47

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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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Wall Street shifts lower on Washington mess 3:53

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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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Wait-and-see as policy messes unresolved 6:00

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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 5:48

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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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Tough choices ahead 4:15

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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 5:18

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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 5:44

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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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Powell, Dimon and the IMF sound caution 6:10

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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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Wall Street bounces back; gold hits new ATH 4:24

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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 5:35

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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 5:34

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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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The froth gets frothier 3:56

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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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Data downslide, led by the US 5:16

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Tech & commodities rise without data guardrails 4:43

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Japan to get its 'Iron Lady" 6:36

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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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US descends into chaotic whirlpool 4:20

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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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Markets ignoring obvious risks 4:57

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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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Markets yet to acknowledge toxic risks 5:43

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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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Washington hot mess stunts US 4:25

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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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US economic stresses rising 7:10

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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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Markets recoil with scepticism 5:16

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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 5:20

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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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US business activity slows 5:21

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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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Eye of the storm 4:23

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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? 5:45

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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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The NZD is hammered 4:54

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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 4:41

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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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Signaled rate cuts locked in 4:27

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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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Markets expect rate cut salve 4:58

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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 5:07

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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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US economic prospects turn darker 8:12

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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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Eyes on US CPI for Fed-friendly result 6:27

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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 all eyes are now on tomorrow's US CPI release for August. But first, there was surprising news from the US. August prod…

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US settles in to accept economic stagnation & isolation 4:47

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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 that rather than understating US jobs growth - which got her fired - the stats agency reporting labour market data ove…

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More US data weakness rattles bond markets 4:34

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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 bond markets are increasingly worried about what will transpire from the US CPI data for August later this week, and the…

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Stagflation lurks in the US, deflation lurks in China 7:21

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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 American right-wing swamp populism is driving the world's economy into a blind alley. Other countries are trying to figur…

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Markets gird for weakish US labour market report 6:04

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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 financial markets can now taste a US Fed rate cut. Today, all eye are on tomorrow's August non-farm payrolls report for t…

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US hit with pessimistic data 5:26

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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 world's largest economy is being hit today with a string of pessimistic data reports, despite one of the tech giant…

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US returns from holidays in a grumpy mood 5:15

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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 that US financial markets are back from holiday and concluding that the tech sector is over-valued and that US public …

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Rest of world rises while the US on holiday 5:14

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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 that while financial markets are quiet due to the US Labor Day holiday, the data being reported in the rest of the world…

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US courts doubt Trump had tariff-tax authority 7:31

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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 there was an unexpected turn in the US tariff situation late last week. In a dramatic ruling, most of Trump’s global tari…

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Risk aversion fades, risk taking swells 4:28

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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 markets have brushed off the Nvidia result and chosen to extend their risk appetite. The S&P500 is at another new record …

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Good public policy staggers in the face of Trump corruption 4:50

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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 need to brace for an end to the US Fed's independence. It may not be at risk right now, but the signs aren't promisi…

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US shows symptoms of decline 6:17

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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 of mixed and confusing economic signals from the world's largest economy where scoring own-goals is becoming an embedd…

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Chinese investors in bullish mood, US jaded 4:27

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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 that while much of the northern hemisphere is enjoying the last of their summer holidays, Chinese investors have returne…

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Guessing that renewed inflation is again 'transitory' 6:48

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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 Fed boss Powell gave a hint at Jackson Hole that weaker American labour market conditions may trump inflation risks when …

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All eyes on Powell's Jackson Hole speech 6:50

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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 financial world is waiting for Fed boss Powell's Jackson Hole scene setting speech. In the meantime, US initial joble…

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US inflation risks outweigh labour market concerns 4:40

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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 Fed thinks inflation risks outweigh concerns about their labour market. But first. in its familiar yoyo pattern,…