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Tariff impacts start to show up

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Welcome to Friday’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 behind the tariff headlines that shows impacts of recent policy changes are starting to show up in some places, but not everywhere yet.

US jobless claims fell slightly last week and about at the level seasonal factors would have expected. There are now 2.08 mln people on these benefits, about the same level as a year ago.

That was the first of some marginally better…

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