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Markets brace for end-of-year rate hikes everywhere

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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 it now looks like we are going to get an international rush of interest rate hikes before the end of the year - in New Zealand, in Australia, in Japan, in the US and in Canada - after the pre-election pause while likely raised the pressure because inflation's rises didn't pause.

As widely expected, the US Fed…

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