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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.
Today we lead with news the Trump Administration has been unnerved by the rising yield investors are demanding for their long-dated bonds. Thy have now moved to "provide liquidity support" for the UST 30 year bond, effectively spending deficit dollars to bid the yield down and the price up on secondary markets. They didn't like the…
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