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

Episode Date
US labour market growth slows but productivity rises
May 05, 2024
Economic growth rises despite the challenges
May 02, 2024
The US Fed comes out less hawkish than feared
May 01, 2024
Modest global economic growth despite sticky inflation
Apr 30, 2024
Of prices, politics and sentiment
Apr 29, 2024
Eyes on US jobs, NZ's too
Apr 28, 2024
Stagflation sniffs a comeback
Apr 25, 2024
Jennifer Wilkins: making the case for degrowth
Apr 24, 2024
Factories abuzz in many key countries
Apr 23, 2024
Positive anticipation
Apr 22, 2024
Extended economic expansion drives up key metal prices
Apr 21, 2024
Andrew Dentice: Competition, innovation & societal benefits of open banking
Apr 19, 2024
The risks of shorting USTs becomes a global concern
Apr 18, 2024
US powers on driving global economy
Apr 17, 2024
Powell dials back rate cut expectations
Apr 16, 2024
Unexpectedly strong US retail sales shake financial markets
Apr 15, 2024
Risks facing the global economy pile up
Apr 14, 2024
Barbara Edmonds: Rehabilitating Labour's economic credibility after the cost of living crisis
Apr 12, 2024
Markets calm after US CPI bump
Apr 11, 2024
US inflation runs higher than expected
Apr 10, 2024
Above-average activity, below-average sentiment
Apr 09, 2024
The pain of variable rate mortgages
Apr 08, 2024
Bond yields rise as rate cut bets fade
Apr 07, 2024
All good now but huge unavoidable changes coming
Apr 04, 2024
Tim Grafton: 12 years at the coalface of the insurance industry
Apr 04, 2024
US inflation goals hampered by labour market expansion
Apr 03, 2024
Bond losses weigh on equity markets
Apr 02, 2024
Global manufacturing indicators turn positive
Apr 01, 2024
The battle against inflation continues, widens
Mar 27, 2024
The good global economic news keeps on coming
Mar 26, 2024
US economic dominance rolls on
Mar 25, 2024
Japan reprises 1990s inflation; Australia reprises 2022 house prices
Mar 24, 2024
John Small on the Commerce Commission's recipe to tackle the banking oligopoly
Mar 23, 2024
A number of surprises, mostly positive
Mar 21, 2024
US Fed still sees three rate cuts in 2024
Mar 20, 2024
Patrick Watson: US voters 'living in their own realities' including on the economy
Mar 19, 2024
A big week of central bank rate reviews
Mar 17, 2024
Unexpected rises push back Fed cut bets
Mar 14, 2024
Both China and the EU struggle with their economies
Mar 13, 2024
Cameron Murray: The Great Housing Hijack
Mar 13, 2024
US inflation proving tough to stamp out
Mar 12, 2024
The last bit is the hard bit
Mar 11, 2024
China tackles deflation
Mar 10, 2024
Central banks get ready to change direction
Mar 07, 2024
Benchmark rates fall in anticipation of inflation control gains
Mar 06, 2024
Commodity prices generally in retreat
Mar 05, 2024
Gold and bitcoin surge. Surprising real-world energy progress
Mar 04, 2024
Global factory optimism returns
Mar 03, 2024
David Mahon: China's post-Covid hangover, NZ flirting with joining AUKUS & more
Mar 02, 2024
Indian economy grows spectacularly
Feb 29, 2024
NZ currency and rates get adjusted lower
Feb 28, 2024
Pullbacks everywhere
Feb 27, 2024
Some markets hover near records, others retreat
Feb 26, 2024
Neither foreign investors nor Chinese house buyers like what they see
Feb 25, 2024
Nvidia stars in expanding global economy
Feb 22, 2024
China imposes new stock market trading rules to prevent falls
Feb 21, 2024
Back from holiday to lackluster prospects
Feb 20, 2024
Chinese Premier call for measures to 'boost confidence'
Feb 19, 2024
Is the Beijing put still active ?
Feb 18, 2024
Andrew Bayly: The select committee banking inquiry, Statistics NZ's challenges & more
Feb 18, 2024
Global stumbles don't affect the US
Feb 15, 2024
Oil price retreats on excess stocks
Feb 14, 2024
Reality checks
Feb 13, 2024
A warning on bank asset quality
Feb 12, 2024
Records, stresses, highs, and weaknesses
Feb 11, 2024
Rest of the world doing ok as China stumbles
Feb 08, 2024
Global trade no longer at the forefront
Feb 07, 2024
Even a China stumble doesn't derail the global expansion
Feb 06, 2024
Xi battles economic pessimism at home
Feb 04, 2024
Geoff Cooper: Changing the perceptions of infrastructure planning to dynamic from bureaucratic
Feb 02, 2024
Fears rise over a commercial property meltdown
Feb 01, 2024
Global benchmark interest rates fall
Jan 31, 2024
IMF turns optimistic
Jan 30, 2024
Dismantling a China giant
Jan 29, 2024
China weighed down by debt
Jan 28, 2024
The US economy grew by +US$1.4 tln in 2023
Jan 25, 2024
Jarrod Kerr: Why the RBNZ should move away from its 'overly hawkish commentary'
Jan 25, 2024
China starts rolling out big recovery moves
Jan 24, 2024
China readies home team buying support, again
Jan 23, 2024
Beijing can't stop a financial exodus
Jan 22, 2024
Long good news run extends, but fears linger
Jan 21, 2024
Oil up on strong demand projections
Jan 18, 2024
China's population and property data stirs deep concerns
Jan 17, 2024
Global yields rise
Jan 16, 2024
Global economic impulse stutters
Jan 15, 2024
Although not beaten, inflation pressures ease broadly
Jan 14, 2024
US inflation not beaten yet
Jan 11, 2024
Debt, debt, and more debt
Jan 10, 2024
World economic growth slows
Jan 09, 2024
Inflation retreats, oil prices tumble
Jan 08, 2024
China shows strengths & weaknesses; the US its strengths
Jan 07, 2024
The Red Sea crisis roils freight rates
Jan 04, 2024
Another down day on equity markets
Jan 03, 2024
2024 starts with worrying hesitations
Jan 02, 2024
China and US still diverging economically
Dec 20, 2023
Dairy prices end the year with a rise
Dec 19, 2023
Red Sea risks not abating
Dec 18, 2023
Rod Oram: The key test ahead now COP28 has agreed to a transition away from fossil fuels
Dec 18, 2023
Eyes on retail holiday trade
Dec 17, 2023
Stephen Toplis: Why the worst of the economic downturn is still to come
Dec 16, 2023
Global interest rates move lower
Dec 14, 2023
Wall Street's dovish bets about to be tested
Dec 13, 2023
US hits stubborn 'last mile' inflation challenge on way down
Dec 12, 2023
Inflation's pressure is easing
Dec 11, 2023
Australia moves against foreign house buyers
Dec 10, 2023
No signals of imminent US labour market stress
Dec 07, 2023
2023 ending with a whimper
Dec 06, 2023
Moody's trims China outlook
Dec 05, 2023
Global trade choke-points under threat
Dec 04, 2023
Adrian Orr: Doing whatever it takes to achieve low and stable inflation, and his ideal scenario for monetary policy in a year's time
Dec 04, 2023
Social stresses rise from China's slowdown
Dec 03, 2023
Lower inflation follows tamer activity
Nov 30, 2023
Global soft landing anticipated by OECD
Nov 29, 2023
US retail up, Aussie retail down
Nov 28, 2023
John Ballingall: Why the time is ripe for a new trade strategy
Nov 28, 2023
US rates fall, China risks rise
Nov 27, 2023
Shoppers upbeat about spending
Nov 26, 2023
Central banks react to sticky inflation
Nov 23, 2023
Tougher US data and global central bank warnings
Nov 22, 2023
Weak China demographics echo everywhere
Nov 21, 2023
Giving "shock therapy" a try
Nov 20, 2023
Argentina wrestles with stark choice
Nov 19, 2023
Kelly Eckhold: Why the RBNZ's increased foreign currency intervention capacity makes sense
Nov 18, 2023
Commodities out of favour; oil prices dive
Nov 16, 2023
Goldilocks end to inflation's threat
Nov 15, 2023
Cooling US inflation likely ends Fed hikes
Nov 14, 2023
World economy can't find momentum
Nov 13, 2023
Australia gets another major national IT crisis
Nov 12, 2023
Apple loses key fight round over $20 bln tax claim
Nov 09, 2023
Beijing takes the soft options
Nov 08, 2023
Christina Hood: Getting to net zero and what comes next
Nov 08, 2023
China's exports fall at a faster pace
Nov 07, 2023
China-Australia relations thaw
Nov 06, 2023
Eyes on Albanese in Beijing
Nov 05, 2023
Bond markets rally as rate expectations retreat
Nov 03, 2023
Strong US data keeps Fed from signaling it is 'done'
Nov 01, 2023
Xi on defence over economy track
Oct 31, 2023
'We're OK if we can avoid the shocks'
Oct 30, 2023
"Not good enough" Australia tells the EU
Oct 29, 2023
Peter Dunne: How coalition negotiations work
Oct 26, 2023
Consumer spending drives unexpected US growth spurt
Oct 26, 2023
Commodity prices ease lower across the board
Oct 25, 2023
US economy rolls on, China's struggles get Xi's attention
Oct 24, 2023
Benchmark rates and commodity prices fall
Oct 23, 2023
Strong US economy could need more rate increases says Powell
Oct 19, 2023
Dave Christie: What's needed to pull NZ's supply chains out of 'serious, if not critical condition'
Oct 18, 2023
Trying to not "over-react"
Oct 18, 2023
US consumers keep splurging
Oct 17, 2023
Wall Street blind to global risks
Oct 16, 2023
Behind the headlines, China's slowdown undermines the global economy
Oct 15, 2023
Brisk inflation remains a global threat
Oct 12, 2023
Chances of more rate rises recede
Oct 11, 2023
Plenty of global gloom, but also some bright spots
Oct 10, 2023
Markets pretend geopolitical risks won't affect them
Oct 09, 2023
Julie-Anne Genter: Public transport, rent controls, housing & tax
Oct 09, 2023
Safe haven assets back in the spotlight
Oct 08, 2023
Global 'soft landing' more likely
Oct 05, 2023
Economic data quite mixed
Oct 04, 2023
Global bond sell-off intensifies
Oct 03, 2023
Grant Robertson: The one thing he overspent on
Oct 02, 2023
Benchmark yields jump again
Oct 02, 2023
China just crawling along now
Oct 01, 2023
Shane Jones: NZ First promises a new focus on growth
Oct 01, 2023
Employment gains outpace inflation's costs
Sep 28, 2023
Benchmark yields push even higher
Sep 27, 2023
Markets on edge
Sep 26, 2023
The cost of money rises ever higher
Sep 25, 2023
Can the world withstand higher interest rates?
Sep 24, 2023
Benchmark interest rates rise
Sep 21, 2023
Fed sets up 2024 for rates holding high
Sep 20, 2023
Markets nervous ahead of Fed decisions
Sep 19, 2023
Eyes on Fed as risks won't fade
Sep 18, 2023
David Mahon: How tensions with the US are a factor dampening Chinese consumer confidence
Sep 18, 2023
China's struggles deepen
Sep 17, 2023
China & EU make dovish moves, US data positive
Sep 14, 2023
Max Rashbrooke: How and why NZ should 'clean big money out' of political donations
Sep 14, 2023
US inflation stays stubbornly high
Sep 13, 2023
Australian business and consumer sentiment remains stunted
Sep 12, 2023
Japan and China push back against rising greenback
Sep 11, 2023
Deflation pressure in China eases
Sep 10, 2023
The US and China continue to diverge
Sep 07, 2023
David Cunningham: The key area the Commerce Commission should focus its bank competition probe on
Sep 07, 2023
Resilient US economy defies doomsters again
Sep 06, 2023
Dairy prices stop falling
Sep 05, 2023
Eyes on Chinese housing markets
Sep 04, 2023
Resilient US economy defies predictions
Sep 03, 2023
US resilient, China weak, India up but has problems
Aug 31, 2023
Gary Hughes: What could be done to simplify & improve anti-money laundering law
Aug 31, 2023
Power stress risks rise in Australia
Aug 30, 2023
China battles economic fears
Aug 29, 2023
Weaknesses show up in most major economies
Aug 28, 2023
2023's reputation to be set in the next 15 weeks
Aug 27, 2023
Steve Jurkovich: where Kiwibank has come from, where it's at & where it's going
Aug 25, 2023
How much to change a job?
Aug 24, 2023
Successful landings, soft landings, and crash landings
Aug 23, 2023
Drought to affect ship freight rates
Aug 22, 2023
The cost of money rises on Wall Street, falls in Shanghai
Aug 21, 2023
Worries about China's economy grow
Aug 20, 2023
Global bond yields rise
Aug 17, 2023
Stresses bubble near surface in China
Aug 16, 2023
Terrible dairy auction
Aug 15, 2023
Failing China hurting commodity producers badly
Aug 14, 2023
"Ticking time bomb"?
Aug 13, 2023
Can New Zealand survive repeating tight electricity events?
Aug 11, 2023
The US seems to have inflation under control
Aug 10, 2023
Economic problems build and weigh on many countries
Aug 09, 2023
China's exports plunge, threatening recovery
Aug 08, 2023
Upbeat investors shrug off risks
Aug 07, 2023
China tones down its pressure on Australia
Aug 06, 2023
Rebekah Cain: Why banks matter in the push to decarbonise the economy
Aug 04, 2023
Benchmark wholesale interest rates rise
Aug 03, 2023
Strong job creation but Fitch spoils the party
Aug 02, 2023
RBA wrongfoots economists
Aug 01, 2023
Northern summer sag
Jul 31, 2023
China struggles to find its growth mojo
Jul 30, 2023
Nathan Lewis: What's behind a potential BRICS gold-backed currency system & how it might work
Jul 28, 2023
Better economic data, some quite impressive
Jul 27, 2023
More rate hikes to come from the Fed?
Jul 26, 2023
Global economy shows its resilience
Jul 25, 2023
A new type of economic slowdown?
Jul 24, 2023
Beijing bets on cars to trigger growth
Jul 23, 2023
Australia may be facing more rate hikes
Jul 20, 2023
Michael Timothy Bennett: why AI will be like a series of black swan events
Jul 20, 2023
China struggles to attract new foreign investment
Jul 19, 2023
Central banks will like today's tame data
Jul 18, 2023
APRA targets unlisted asset values
Jul 17, 2023
Commercial property faces yield reckoning
Jul 16, 2023
Richard Yetsenga; ANZ's Group Chief Economist on where central banks' inflation war is at
Jul 14, 2023
US labour market momentum eases
Jul 09, 2023
Hannah Miller: the rise and fall of spellcaster Sam Bankman-Fried
Jul 07, 2023
Equities fall, bond yields rise on strong US labour data
Jul 06, 2023
Long bond yields spike higher
Jul 05, 2023
The earth is hot, the global economy not so much
Jul 04, 2023
Investing options top out
Jul 03, 2023
The old benchmarks are less relevant
Jul 02, 2023
US economy records continuing vigour
Jun 29, 2023
Waiting & watching
Jun 29, 2023
Gaya Herrington: Why the goal should be meeting human needs within planetary boundaries rather than economic growth
Jun 28, 2023
Surprisingly strong US data undermines bears
Jun 27, 2023
China clamps down on recession talk
Jun 26, 2023
Economic stresses in China building
Jun 25, 2023
Martin Brook: why you wouldn't build on much of Auckland's land if you started from scratch knowing what we know today
Jun 24, 2023
Powell turns bond markets sceptics into believers
Jun 22, 2023
Powell says rate hike pause temporary
Jun 21, 2023
Sentiment sags globally
Jun 20, 2023
US & China move to ratchet down tensions
Jun 19, 2023
The global expansion momentum wanes
Jun 18, 2023
Wall Street roars after Fed, bond market more cautious
Jun 15, 2023
Paul Donovan: UBS chief economist unwraps profit-led inflation
Jun 15, 2023
Pause now, but more to come
Jun 14, 2023
Inflation in retreat
Jun 13, 2023
Blair Turnbull: Tower CEO on not letting a big disaster go to waste
Jun 13, 2023
Softer economic activity brings lower inflation
Jun 12, 2023
Upbeat economic signals harder to find
Jun 11, 2023
Entering a stagnation phase
Jun 08, 2023
Not holding back
Jun 07, 2023
Weakness everywhere you look
Jun 06, 2023
Global service sector buoyed by jobs growth
Jun 05, 2023
Commodities rise as US debt issues fade
Jun 01, 2023
Commodity currencies under pressure
May 31, 2023
Pandemic consequences bedevil China
May 30, 2023
Making sense of current global financial conditions
May 29, 2023
Debt deal delays to bring higher interest rates
May 28, 2023
Running out of steam
May 25, 2023
Investors worry the US is about to score an own goal
May 24, 2023
Martin Foo: S&P's concerns about NZ's current account deficit & more
May 23, 2023
US debt negotiations unresolved
May 23, 2023
Debt bedevils both the US and China
May 22, 2023
How much to move by, and when?
May 21, 2023
Eric Crampton and Craig Renney give their takes on 2023 Budget
May 21, 2023
The worst over?
May 18, 2023
Wall Street rises as fears ease
May 17, 2023
Chinese economy still on the sidelines
May 16, 2023
A return for liberal democracies?
May 14, 2023
Rohan Grey: How minting a platinum coin could solve the US debt ceiling crisis
May 12, 2023
Weaker China weighs on commodity prices
May 11, 2023
Stress management weak and risky
May 10, 2023
Aussies glimpse rare Budget surplus
May 09, 2023
Inflation eases but intransigence rises
May 08, 2023
Strong labour markets help public finances
May 07, 2023
Paul Tucker - How quantitative easing has impacted the public finances
May 07, 2023
Signs mainland Chinese house buyers are back in Sydney
May 04, 2023
No surprises from the US Fed
May 03, 2023
US regional bank jitters spread
May 02, 2023
What is the purpose of deposit insurance?
May 01, 2023
China on holiday while key data due in rest of the world
Apr 30, 2023
Martin Whetton: How overseas investors view New Zealand government debt
Apr 29, 2023
Tim Hazledine: Potential new tools to help with the inflation fight
Apr 21, 2023
World economy muddles through uninspiring patch
Apr 20, 2023
Inflation pressures ease globally
Apr 19, 2023
The economic positives shine
Apr 18, 2023
Kim Martin: The New Zealand Debt Management boss on how the Government borrows and repays debt
Apr 18, 2023
China re-emerges as the global growth engine
Apr 17, 2023
Housing in China, Canada stops falling
Apr 16, 2023
US labour market loses steam, producer prices cool
Apr 13, 2023
US inflation cools
Apr 12, 2023
The global expansion is winding down
Apr 11, 2023
The inflation threat hasn't gone away
Apr 10, 2023
Car crash in China?
Apr 09, 2023
Christina Leung: Profits not responsible for inflation, NZIER economist says
Apr 08, 2023
Expanding services hold global economy together
Apr 05, 2023
Economic data weaker everywhere
Apr 04, 2023
Weaker PMIs cloud markets after oil supply cut
Apr 03, 2023
OPEC rattles central bankers
Apr 02, 2023
Mark Aspin: The mitigation technologies that could 'make a big hole' in NZ livestock methane emissions
Mar 30, 2023
Calm data encourages equities to rise
Mar 30, 2023
COL wage-push threatens inflation retreat
Mar 29, 2023
Quarter ending with a whimper
Mar 28, 2023
Is the world entering a 'lost decade'?
Mar 27, 2023
You ready for another week of financial turmoil?
Mar 26, 2023
Europe's banks follow the Fed
Mar 23, 2023
Fed hikes +25 bps, signals more
Mar 22, 2023
Bill Rosenberg: How to measure household inflation better than the CPI does
Mar 22, 2023
Markets sense banking contagion risks are fading
Mar 21, 2023
Are those smoldering embers really out?
Mar 20, 2023
Swiss engineer huge unwanted merger
Mar 19, 2023
Anthony Healy: How a business growth fund partnership between banks & the Government works
Mar 19, 2023
Greg Fleming: How to invest in a bursting bubble
Mar 18, 2023
Risks from wobbly banks not over yet
Mar 16, 2023
Credit Suisse in a doom loop
Mar 15, 2023
US bank stocks shake off contagion fears
Mar 14, 2023
Markets absorb bank-risk blows
Mar 13, 2023
Financial markets on watch for SVB contagion risk
Mar 12, 2023
US, China, Japan each reveal data stutters
Mar 09, 2023
Powell can't tame the American labour market
Mar 08, 2023
Faster rate moves and a higher peak coming from the US Fed
Mar 07, 2023
Lowe to go higher with another rate rise
Mar 06, 2023
Central banks on back foot in inflation fight
Mar 05, 2023
Grant Halverson: Was the buy now pay later fintech revolution ever much more than smoke and mirrors?
Mar 04, 2023
Bond market stops fighting the Fed
Mar 02, 2023
China picks up the pace
Mar 01, 2023
Low growth, high inflation settles in
Feb 28, 2023
Hong Kong exports slump to 70 year lows
Feb 27, 2023
US inflation stubborn, equities revalue lower
Feb 26, 2023
Doug Fairgray: Is the bipartisan attempt to boost urban housing density the right way to go?
Feb 25, 2023
Resilience limits downsides
Feb 23, 2023
Gilmour & Hicks: Is the war on dirty money winnable, and if so how?
Feb 23, 2023
'Good' news 'bad' for stock markets
Feb 22, 2023
Optimism seeps back
Feb 21, 2023
Aussie labour market shrinks
Feb 16, 2023
Stagflation still a real threat
Feb 15, 2023
American CPI to set the tone
Feb 12, 2023
David Mahon: The end of Covid-zero and the Chinese economy 'beginning to really move again'
Feb 10, 2023
Searching for some wins in the inflation battle
Feb 09, 2023
Are easing inflations signals a mirage?
Feb 08, 2023
Central banks eye more rate hikes
Feb 07, 2023
China returns with unsteady gains
Feb 06, 2023
David Hall: Climate adaptation urgency & the potential for parametric insurance
Feb 02, 2023
Jet fuel cost surges
Feb 02, 2023
Waiting for the Fed
Feb 01, 2023
China's recovery boosts global prospects
Jan 31, 2023
What will the US Fed do?
Jan 30, 2023
Metal prices signal fundamental optimism for 2023
Jan 29, 2023
The US economy shows why it is #1
Jan 26, 2023
Australia suddenly in a tough spot
Jan 25, 2023
How fast is inflation slowing?
Jan 24, 2023
Sentiment remains buoyant despite leading indicators
Jan 23, 2023
Odds of a global recession reduce
Jan 22, 2023
Yields tumble in anticipation of slowdown, but data still resilient
Jan 19, 2023
US turns lower as China's prospects improve
Jan 18, 2023
Growth threat as inflation cools
Jan 17, 2023
Australia opens immigration doors wider
Jan 16, 2023
A hint of optimism returns
Jan 15, 2023
US inflation cools but their labour market stays tight
Jan 12, 2023
Tough policies on fighting inflation "necessary"
Jan 11, 2023
How deep will the 2023 reversal be?
Jan 10, 2023
Markets bet on a soft landing
Jan 09, 2023
China relaxes some rules. The US slows down
Jan 08, 2023
Labour market strength not over yet
Jan 05, 2023
Slowdown arrives, but US Fed stays inflation-fighting
Jan 04, 2023
2023 dismisses optimists
Jan 03, 2023
No last-minute surprises for 2022
Dec 29, 2022
China gets the travel urge again
Dec 28, 2022
China tries a different tack
Dec 27, 2022
China in a tough spot
Dec 22, 2022
Consumer mood improves, dragging equities up
Dec 21, 2022
Markets caught flat-footed on Japanese bond move
Dec 20, 2022
John McDermott: Why quantitative easing has proven to be 'very dangerous'
Dec 20, 2022
Beijing and Canberra try to make up
Dec 19, 2022
All eyes on inflation's clues
Dec 18, 2022
Central bank resolve spooks markets
Dec 15, 2022
US Fed holds its course in inflation fight with +50 bps rate hike
Dec 14, 2022
US inflation subsides
Dec 13, 2022
Lower economic activity brings lower inflation
Dec 12, 2022
Central banks take final 2022 crack at taming inflation
Dec 11, 2022
Adam Boileau: How geopolitical fragmentation is aiding the rise of cybercrime & why NZ needs a Minister of Cyber Security
Dec 09, 2022
Global trade integration crumbles
Dec 08, 2022
China pivots from pandemic control to economic repair
Dec 07, 2022
Debt levels exposed as economic growth slows
Dec 06, 2022
The US expansion rolls on, likely bringing a tougher Fed inflation response
Dec 05, 2022
Less fear, less clarity
Dec 04, 2022
David McLeish: The problem of using a tool to fight supply problems when it's designed to fight demand issues
Dec 02, 2022
A downturn is coming. Will the landing be soft or hard?
Dec 01, 2022
Global economy loses momentum
Nov 30, 2022
Recession talk but few signs it is imminent
Nov 29, 2022
Karen Silk: what RBNZ Monetary Policy Committee members will be watching over summer
Nov 28, 2022
Hold or fold?
Nov 28, 2022
Social unrest surfaces in China
Nov 27, 2022
China struggles to find way forward
Nov 21, 2022
Strength in some key labour markets holds things together
Nov 17, 2022
The spark dims in the global economy
Nov 16, 2022
Jarrod Kerr: the war on inflation
Nov 15, 2022
Markets ignore weak Chinese data
Nov 15, 2022
Downbeat economic pressures pile up
Nov 14, 2022
Economic prospects dim further, but are still positive
Nov 13, 2022
Ganesh Nana: New Zealand needs a major reset of immigration policy
Nov 13, 2022
US inflation turns the corner
Nov 10, 2022
Risk off as key uncertainties rise
Nov 09, 2022
Fantasy beats reality in both the US and China
Nov 08, 2022
Opaque China has everyone guessing
Nov 07, 2022
America votes ignoring strong economy
Nov 06, 2022
Martien Lubberink: Why banks love housing so much
Nov 05, 2022
Expansions roll on but look shaky now
Nov 03, 2022
US Fed hints at smaller future rate hikes
Nov 02, 2022
Global factory expansion ends
Nov 01, 2022
The international economic slowdown shows up and spreads
Oct 31, 2022
Confidence in China's ability to recover is eroding
Oct 30, 2022
Resilience in the face of huge challenges
Oct 27, 2022
Markets uncertain of where to from here
Oct 26, 2022
"The Budget we need"
Oct 25, 2022
Rebecca Ingram: Why the tourism restart is not just a matter of flicking a switch
Oct 25, 2022
Foreigners flee Chinese investments
Oct 24, 2022
UST benchmarks push sharply higher
Oct 20, 2022
Benchmark interest rates rise worldwide
Oct 19, 2022
Jeremy Muir: Why there's no silver bullet law for the crypto and blockchain industry
Oct 19, 2022
Commodity prices drop
Oct 18, 2022
Question marks rise everywhere, all at once
Oct 17, 2022
Xi warns of 'dangerous storms ahead'
Oct 16, 2022
Inflation impulse grips the US tightly
Oct 13, 2022
UK financial markets suffer strange own-goal
Oct 12, 2022
IMF warns global economy will get much tougher
Oct 11, 2022
OECD warns against bracket creep
Oct 10, 2022
China now a global handbrake
Oct 09, 2022
Market gloomy ahead of US jobs report
Oct 06, 2022
Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy: How Auckland's leading the world in housing upzoning
Oct 06, 2022
OPEC slashes output to bid up prices - version 2
Oct 05, 2022
OPEC slashes output to bid up prices
Oct 05, 2022
Markets like tamer data
Oct 04, 2022
Markets try to look forward positively
Oct 03, 2022
Instability builds
Oct 02, 2022
Global economy working through some huge shifts
Sep 29, 2022
The UK's "whatever it takes" moment
Sep 28, 2022
Earl Bardsley: Could a pumped hydro scheme free NZ from fossil fuel power and enable the green transition?
Sep 28, 2022
Fear grows despite positive data
Sep 27, 2022
Global markets under extreme pressure
Sep 26, 2022
Asian economies buckle on strong greenback
Sep 25, 2022
Global rush to raise policy rates, following US Fed
Sep 22, 2022
Fed pushes a hawkish message
Sep 21, 2022
Nerves rise ahead of Fed
Sep 20, 2022
It's all about the Fed
Sep 19, 2022
Risk at a crossroad
Sep 18, 2022
Clare Bolingford: What will regulating the conduct of banks & insurers mean for their customers?
Sep 17, 2022
Is the world in transition towards a 2023 recession?
Sep 15, 2022
A consolidation mood settles over markets
Sep 14, 2022
Outsized market reactions to a small but unexpected US CPI change
Sep 13, 2022
Transitioning to lower inflation
Sep 12, 2022
Are we on the other side of the inflation bubble now?
Sep 11, 2022
Higher rates bring the targeted economic slowing
Sep 08, 2022
The global trade recovery stutters
Sep 07, 2022
Paul Conway: why he's optimistic NZ can improve its productivity performance
Sep 06, 2022
Bond prices take a hammering
Sep 06, 2022
Energy stress spreads
Sep 05, 2022
A slowing China reins in global inflation
Sep 04, 2022
Stephen Jacobi: Is New Zealand too dependent on China as an export market?
Sep 03, 2022
Data supports an aggressive Fed
Sep 01, 2022
Supply chain cost pressures ease
Aug 31, 2022
US reports surprisingly upbeat data
Aug 30, 2022
After the Powell slump, a focus on real business
Aug 29, 2022
A tale of two countries
Aug 28, 2022
David Mahon: What's going on in China's economy
Aug 27, 2022
Half full or half empty?
Aug 25, 2022
Struggling for momentum
Aug 24, 2022
Slowdown warnings flashed
Aug 23, 2022
Risk appetites fall as northern summer fades
Aug 22, 2022
Higher carbon price brings higher food prices
Aug 21, 2022
Shamubeel Eaqub: Why the Generation Rent author is now optimistic about the housing market
Aug 18, 2022
How long can US resilience last?
Aug 18, 2022
Norwegian loss makes NZ look small
Aug 17, 2022
Low Yangtze flow may have world-wide impacts
Aug 16, 2022
China's economy falters, Beijing over reacts
Aug 15, 2022
China faces a liquidity trap
Aug 14, 2022
Battlefield gains mount in inflation fight
Aug 11, 2022
Geof Mortlock: New Zealand is finally poised to get deposit insurance. So what will it mean?
Aug 10, 2022
US inflation eases
Aug 10, 2022
OECD growth momentum leaking away
Aug 09, 2022
Norway hoards hydro electricity
Aug 08, 2022
Global inflation pressures easing off
Aug 07, 2022
Raf Manji: Did the RBNZ's Covid-19 response follow a misdiagnosis of the problem?
Aug 06, 2022
Still lots of global trade, just different
Aug 04, 2022
Shannon Barlow: How and why employees hold the power in the labour market and not employers
Aug 04, 2022
New burst of supply-chain stress
Aug 03, 2022
Bond market abandons its fear mode
Aug 02, 2022
Losing altitude everywhere now
Aug 01, 2022
Good data, bad mood
Jul 31, 2022
Nick Smyth: why financial markets are pricing in interest rate cuts
Jul 30, 2022
Both China and the US face economic issues
Jul 28, 2022
Fed doubles down, markets yawn at first, then react
Jul 27, 2022
'A gloomy and uncertain outlook'
Jul 26, 2022
Bond markets bet Fed hikes won't stick
Jul 25, 2022
Inverted yields and sinking commodities point to slowdown ahead
Jul 24, 2022
Rick Jones: How big a threat is automation to accountants, and how can you attract young people to the profession?
Jul 22, 2022
ECB bursts into action
Jul 21, 2022
Indicators coming in weak
Jul 20, 2022
China's households prepare for tough times
Jul 19, 2022
Markets struggle with negative economic anecdotes
Jul 18, 2022
China's economic momentum leaks away
Jul 17, 2022
Is inflation past its peak?
Jul 14, 2022
Blair Turnbull - Insurance and climate change
Jul 13, 2022
Scorching inflation hits 40 year high in the US
Jul 13, 2022
Commodity prices retreat
Jul 12, 2022
Stresses bubble up into street protests
Jul 11, 2022
China's economic struggle the global wildcard
Jul 10, 2022
Tava Olsen - Can NZ have a national supply chain strategy?
Jul 08, 2022
Global trade recovery underway
Jul 07, 2022
The global expansion has legs yet despite rising stresses
Jul 06, 2022
Commodity price falls accelerate
Jul 05, 2022
Inflation's surge may have topped out
Jul 04, 2022
Commodity prices off the boil
Jul 03, 2022
John Bolton - 'The everything bubble's popping and property has probably done comparatively well'
Jul 01, 2022
Climate losses come as economies slow
Jun 30, 2022
Fighting inflation will have a painful cost
Jun 29, 2022
Too much inventory risks pullbacks
Jun 28, 2022
Rod Carr - 'I would not underestimate the challenge that humanity faces in decarbonising our livelihoods and lifestyles'
Jun 28, 2022
In the economic arm wrestle, the US outpaces China
Jun 27, 2022
G7 and BRICS square off in great power rivalries
Jun 26, 2022
The pressure is piling on
Jun 22, 2022
Lowe with 'don't go there' warning
Jun 21, 2022
NZ to be the world's first, largest green hydrogen producer?
Jun 20, 2022
A weekend meltdown
Jun 19, 2022
Grant Spencer on why inflation is a problem and where it's going
Jun 17, 2022
Recession fears grow in wake of rate hikes
Jun 16, 2022
The US Fed leans harder against inflation, taking risks
Jun 15, 2022
Bear market growls grow louder
Jun 14, 2022
A material downturn is underway
Jun 13, 2022
Rampaging thief on the loose
Jun 12, 2022
US has a high inflation problem, China has a low income problem
Jun 09, 2022
Air cargo demand sags as global growth impetus wanes
Jun 08, 2022
The pulling in of horns spreads
Jun 07, 2022
Markets now accept higher interest rates are here to stay
Jun 06, 2022
The push to launch a central bank digital currency
Jun 04, 2022
China stumbles into broad frustrations
Jun 02, 2022
Rates rise with inflation, consequences yet to hit
Jun 01, 2022
Stagflation stalks the global economy
May 31, 2022
Raging inflation a clear and present risk to retail demand
May 30, 2022
China's economy gets the staggers
May 29, 2022
Data wavers but investors go risk-on
May 26, 2022
Growth impetus fades
May 25, 2022
US economy shifts to a slower gear
May 24, 2022
Looking on the bright side
May 23, 2022
Equity losses grow as repricing shift deepens
May 22, 2022
The pall of uncertainty lingers
May 19, 2022
Wall Street turns to custard
May 18, 2022
US consumers the central global economic driver
May 17, 2022
China reversal larger than expected
May 16, 2022
A week ahead of big economic tests
May 15, 2022
Global recession fears grow
May 12, 2022
Inflation's surge not easing
May 11, 2022
Stresses mount in China
May 10, 2022
Sell-offs build on stagflation fears
May 09, 2022
US resilience defies bears so far
May 08, 2022
Markets positive despite US GDP stumble
Apr 28, 2022
Markets look over their shoulders
Apr 26, 2022
A sense the good times are ending
Apr 25, 2022
Beijing on the back foot
Apr 21, 2022
Germany uses a crisis to shift its energy profile
Apr 20, 2022
Yields up as growth forecasts downgraded
Apr 19, 2022
Prices inflate as growth deflates
Apr 18, 2022
Stagflation risk jumps
Apr 14, 2022
Inflation and the central bank reactions
Apr 12, 2022
Fast-rising bond yields eat into equity prices
Apr 11, 2022
Inflation's stress gets pervasive
Apr 10, 2022
China's stumble threatens trade growth
Apr 07, 2022
"Don't fight the Fed"
Apr 06, 2022
Inflation hawks dominate
Apr 05, 2022
Risk sentiment improves, but Russia faces hard blowback
Apr 04, 2022
US and China bookend the global outlook
Apr 03, 2022
US labour market engine still purring along
Mar 31, 2022
Sober settings settle in
Mar 30, 2022
Who is listening to the bond market?
Mar 29, 2022
Risk off and major problems linger
Mar 28, 2022
Bond market losses swell
Mar 27, 2022
US winning the global economic competition
Mar 24, 2022
Markets have second thoughts
Mar 23, 2022
Bond rout grows
Mar 22, 2022
US Fed goes hawkish
Mar 21, 2022
Sharp change everywhere
Mar 20, 2022
Risk back on, but OECD doesn't share the optimism
Mar 17, 2022
The Fed signals it is in the inflation fighting game
Mar 16, 2022
Mood changes and bloodbaths
Mar 15, 2022
Global inflation pressures rise and rise
Mar 14, 2022
Economic signals become very uncertain
Mar 13, 2022
China goes nuclear in credit creation
Mar 10, 2022
Moving on from war already?
Mar 09, 2022
Sanctions roil commodity prices
Mar 08, 2022
Stagflation looms large
Mar 07, 2022
The spreading inflationary consequences of war
Mar 06, 2022
Major global economic stress from war avoided - so far
Mar 03, 2022
Uncertainty sends commodities to crazy levels
Mar 02, 2022
Stresses rise everywhere
Mar 01, 2022
Ukraine holds, but the war against climate change is being lost
Feb 28, 2022