Fear & uncertainty to the fore as 2024 ends
Kia ora,
Welcome to Tuesday’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 2024 has brought some huge and surprising changes. But in other sectors, not as much change as you might have expected. And through it all profits and wealth growth have been strong.
But first in the US and based on a rise in new orders, the Dallas Fed's Texas manufacturing indexmoved up into positive territory in December, its first positive reading since April…
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