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- Economy Watch
Oil & bond markets jittery on stalled US-Iran 'talks'
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 Watch
A major financial market re-think is underway
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…
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Grand welcome, big threats, small deals
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 Watch
Tighter supplies drive price leap in some core commodities
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 Watch
Trump faces stalemate in the Middle East, now with China
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…
- Economy Watch
The US boxed in by own goals
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 Watch
The Persian Gulf mess festers
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…
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US credit card debt leaps
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…
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Without any cards, Trump does u-turn
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 Watch
Markets act as though Hormuz is settled
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…
- Economy Watch
Hot conflict reignited in Persian Gulf
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 Watch
Intense pressure but financial markets still holding
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 Watch
Compounding exposure
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 Watch
Airlines become the canary of the global economy
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 Watch
Fallout from oil price rises spreads
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…
- Economy Watch
Oil prices are rising
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 Watch
The ruptures deepen
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 Watch
Yes, the Hormuz mess is worse today
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 Watch
Hormuz ceasefire set to expire
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…
- Economy Watch
US-Iran positions yo-yo
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 Watch
Pressure re-applied as Hormuz chaos returns
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 Watch
Oil supply picture gets more complicated
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 Watch
Trump flails aimlessly in Mid East & with Powell
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 Watch
US policy just gets weirder
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…
- Economy Watch
Brace for sharp oil pressure
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 Watch
Global outlook darkens
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 Watch
War threats compounded by cyber security threats
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 Watch
Assessing the war scars
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 Watch
US leadership insanity deepens
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…
- Economy Watch
US service sector cools, inflation heats up
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 Watch
Contrasting national addresses
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…
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Searching for an off-ramp
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…
- Economy Watch
Q1-2025 ends in a mess
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 Watch
War consequences bite harder
US sentiment falls further. China and US trade anti-trade probes. China's profits rise. Countries enact various fuel affordability measures. diesel crisis…
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Risk aversion rises on more policy corrosion
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…
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Trump adventure leaves a global mess
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…
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Escalations show off-ramp options fade
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…
- Economy Watch
Trump backs down on strikes against Iran's power system
Trump chickening out on Iran strategy. US data soft. EU sentiment dives. Moderates start to win again in Europe. Audio soundtrack opening is licensed from…
- Economy Watch
Investors face stagflation, reassess returns
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 Watch
Energy shock to be protracted
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 Watch
Fed steady in face of local and global provocations
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 Watch
Middle East attrition going nowhere
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…
- Economy Watch
Markets discount war risks
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…
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A week of global central bank updates
Title: A week of global central bank updates ------------------------ Kia ora. Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends…
Economy WatchDavid Cay Johnston: NZ's objective with Trump should be 'to not become the focus of his wrath'
Under the leadership of President Donald Trump there's a danger the United States will become an autocratic nation, not unlike China, Saudi Arabia or Russia…
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Oil up, equities down, quagmire deeper
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 Watch
Markets ignore official data and actions
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 Watch
Markets bet heavily on the TACO effect
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…
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Can politicians cover the Iran crisis cracks?
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 Watch
The consequences of a series of bad choices bedevils the US, and the rest of us
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 Watch
Trump's distraction war causes chaos
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 Watch
Insurers dismiss Trump's promises
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 Watch
War inflation fears spread
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…
- Economy Watch
The cost of war will hit inflation soon
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 WatchSafe haven demand to set the tone this week
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 WatchMark Laurence: 'Flabbergasted that AI hasn't become a political talking point'
Artificial intelligence (AI) should be a key election year issue especially given the technology has major potential to help improve New Zealand's…
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Pressure in the details
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 Watch
Tech takes a beating, bond yields fall
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…
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US budget hole set to deeping by trillions
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…
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US retail sales stall
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…