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Economy Watch

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We follow the economic events and trends that affect New Zealand.

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Both China and the EU struggle with their economies 13.03.2024 4:54

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 China's inward turn is gathering pace as it fears foreign influence. But first, US mortgage applications rose strongly last week from the week before, up more than +6%....

Cameron Murray: The Great Housing Hijack 13.03.2024 39:26

The "cheer squad" make it hard to have a proper debate on housing, especially when looking to address the question of what we want from the housing market from a public policy perspective. So says Cameron Murray, Chief Economist at Fresh Economic Thinking , a new Australian think-tank. In the latest episode of interest.co.nz's Of Interest podcast Murray talks about housing and his new book The Gr...

US inflation proving tough to stamp out 12.03.2024 5:10

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 never-ending car crash that is China's residential property development sector, took another bump today. But first in the US, their inflation rate unexpectedly edge...

The last bit is the hard bit 11.03.2024 4:28

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 about how hard it is to get the 'last mile' of above-policy inflation accomplished. American consumer inflation expectations for the year ahead remained stuck and sticky...

China tackles deflation 10.03.2024 7:15

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 China seems to have managed to arrest its deflationary mood with solid consumer spending in their Lunar New Year holiday. But first, in the week ahead, we get the importan...

Central banks get ready to change direction 07.03.2024 5:26

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 we seem to be "not far" from getting interest rate cuts from the central banks in the US and Europe - and perhaps an unusual hike from Japan. Tomorrow we get the important...

Benchmark rates fall in anticipation of inflation control gains 06.03.2024 5:15

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 says it needs to see more progress on inflation before it considers a rate cut. But they hinted that a cut could be coming later this year. That was enough to...