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Central banks stand back on looming trade chaos

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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.

And today we lead with news it’s a big day of data locally with our Q4-2024 GDP result out later this morning, preceded by the Fonterra half year result. Either may have market-moving implications.

But a few minutes ago, the US Fed released its latest monetary policy review and projections, the dot plot indications and forecasts, which suggest they see higher inflation in the year ahead (now…

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