Shows / Economy Watch

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Economy WatchBond yields rise as rate cut bets fade
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…
Economy WatchAll good now but huge unavoidable changes coming
Kia ora,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…
Economy WatchTim Grafton: 12 years at the coalface of the insurance industry
The departing Chief Executive of the Insurance Council of New Zealand says if Wellington is hit with an earthquake on a similar scale to the Canterbury quakes…
Economy WatchUS inflation goals hampered by labour market expansion
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…
Economy WatchBond losses weigh on equity markets
Kia ora,Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand.I'm David Chaston and this is the…
Economy WatchGlobal manufacturing indicators turn positive
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…
Economy WatchThe battle against inflation continues, widens
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…
Economy WatchThe good global economic news keeps on coming
Kia ora,Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand.I'm David Chaston and this is the…
Economy WatchUS economic dominance rolls on
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…
Economy WatchJapan reprises 1990s inflation; Australia reprises 2022 house prices
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…
Economy WatchJohn Small on the Commerce Commission's recipe to tackle the banking oligopoly
In five years' time we would see things we can't imagine today if the Government adopts the Commerce Commission's recommendations to boost competition for…
Economy WatchA number of surprises, mostly positive
Kia ora,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…
Economy WatchUS Fed still sees three rate cuts in 2024
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…
Economy WatchPatrick Watson: US voters 'living in their own realities' including on the economy
With a United States presidential election looming in November, Patrick Watson, Senior Economic Analyst at Mauldin Economics, says it's difficult to say what…
Economy WatchA big week of central bank rate reviews
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…
Economy WatchUnexpected rises push back Fed cut bets
Kia ora,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…
Economy WatchBoth China and the EU struggle with their economies
Kia ora,Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand.I'm David Chaston and this is the…
Economy WatchCameron Murray: The Great Housing Hijack
The "cheer squad" make it hard to have a proper debate on housing, especially when looking to address the question of what we want from the housing market from…
Economy WatchUS inflation proving tough to stamp out
Kia ora,Welcome to Wednesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand.I'm David Chaston and this is the…
Economy WatchThe last bit is the hard bit
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…
Economy WatchChina tackles deflation
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…
Economy WatchCentral banks get ready to change direction
Kia ora,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…
Economy WatchBenchmark rates fall in anticipation of inflation control gains
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…