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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.

Today we lead with news financial markets are in a holding pattern today.

First we should note that this coming weekend will be a major long weekend holiday in the US, for Monday's Labor Day. The means US markets will likely be quieter than normal until Tuesday their time, Wednesday ours. But they will still release their August…

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