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Commodity prices turn soft

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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 commodity prices are taking a hit in global markets today as overall economic prospects are under scrutiny in both the US and China. And Wall Street is following them down, in their case led by tech firms.

Prices for both hard and soft commodities are in retreat today, including oil, natural gas, steel, copper, aluminium, wheat, and soybeans. Even bitcoin is…

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