Sharp policy changes without thinking things through
Kia ora,
Welcome to Monday’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 about the start of a tariff trade war, a reprise of a 1930s effort, also started by the US, and one that ended badly for everyone.
The week ahead was supposed to be basically about jobs, both here and in the US with our HLFS data for December out on Thursday, and the US non-farm payrolls report out for January on Saturday. But Trump's imposition of 25% tariffs on…
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