Hard to see 2025 much different to 2024

Economy Watch · Jan 5, 2025 · 7m

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 the economic world its returning after the end of year holiday season, and finding the 2024 worries are still here in 2025.

First up however, the first post-New Year holiday week back will be a relatively quiet one, but there are still some important things to cover, and few of the key ones are local. But the week culminates with the December US non-farm payrolls…