Investors pause and modest economic gains filter through
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.
Today we lead with news of a day of mostly restrained gains in economic metrics.
First in the US, mortgage applications rose nearly +7% last week from the week before, driven by a sharpish -27 bps retreat in mortgage interest rates. Despite the gain, they are still -11% lower than the same week a year ago, itself quite weak.
American consumer debt only rose a very modest +US$8.9 bln in June…
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