US economy powers ahead led by consumer confidence
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 consumers may be anxious about their political future, but they are spending like they are in healthy financial shape.
In the US, their economy expanded an annualised +2.8% in Q3-2024, below the 3% in the previous quarter and forecasts of 3%. Holding it back was essentially no growth of inventories and slow expansion of capital investment. But personal spending rose at…
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