The bond market doesn't like what it sees
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.
And today we lead with news the the cost of the Trump capricious bulldozing is going to be much higher interest rates - and the bond market have a key signal today.
But first, US mortgage applications were virtually unchanged last week, up only +0.1% to be +2% higher than the same weak week a year ago. Mortgage interest rates eased very slightly but they are still above 7% so a six month high…
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