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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.

Today we lead with news global oil prices have risen again with no end to Trump's Hormuz adventure. In something of a gigantic own-goal, the US economy is losing momentum rather quickly now.

But first, the overnight full dairy auction came in better than the futures market had signaled, up +2.3% from the prior full event. This was…

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