The week that was to Aug 13

The Hoon · Aug 12, 2022 · 1h 2m

TLDR: The five signals I picked out from the noise this week were:

* China only rattled its sabres in the Taiwan Strait;

* There was no inflation in the United States in July;

* House prices are bottoming out in Auckland City and Wellington City;

* Christopher Luxon failed his first candidate selection test; and,

* An Auditor General’s report exposed Three Waters’ democratic deficit.

I co-hosted our weekly live ‘hoon’ webinar for over 100 paying subscribers with Peter Bale at 5pm last night to talk about these events of the week and others with special guests University of Victoria Foreign…