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China loses steam ahead of holidays; Wall Street loses steam today

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Welcome to Tuesday’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 Wall Street is reassessing its valuation basics, and there is a general pullback across the board. It started with questions about an AI valuation bubble, but is extending to others now. "Risk-off" is the mood today.

But first, yesterday's reporting of China's official PMIs for January all took a step lower, now recording virtually no expansion. This was weaker than…

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