1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (446+ words) The reason can be found in China’s trade data for August, which shows a whopping 25% year-on-year rise in exports, up from the 23.9% increase recorded in July. Despite similarly strong import growth (from a smaller base), China has delivered another huge…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (809+ words) Interest.co.nz Jonathan Ostry shares new research showing that unpredictability reduces foreign direct investment more than three times as much as tariffs do When US President Donald Trump warned business leaders in Davos last year that tariffs were coming,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (208+ words) Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; NZX50 edges lower despite gains for Stride Property, AirNZ, Sanford and Precinct Properties; Mainfreight, SkyCity casino, Serko, and Napier Port are the main decliners Here are the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (183+ words) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s explanation for his recent attempt to reduce yields on long-term US Treasuries added to the confusion: “We are trying to keep the market in equilibrium.” (Predictably, his intervention failed.) The sooner that both the Fed…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (699+ words) Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand, with news the oil price has eased overnight on signs of new negotiations between the US and Iran, and relief that the US sanctions weren't as advertised. They…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (474+ words) Meanwhile, Iran said it had blacklisted 45 tankers that had broken its rules for crossing the Strait of Hormuz, and would take action against ​any vessels transferring loads with them. In the US, the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index retreated in…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (1777+ words) America’s system of government, and the constitution on which it is built, was created in different times and for different circumstances and purposes, and it has changed very little since then. Many of its components, such as the way elections…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1656+ words) Global economic and geopolitical regime change from the market state to state capitalism has been underway for the past several years, and is accelerating and intensifying. Macro policy is a core domain on which this global regime change will play…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (469+ words) To assess whether these are large numbers of job losses, place them in the context of broader US labour market dynamism. From 2000 to 2007, more than five million workers, including around 425,000 manufacturing workers, separated from their employers in a typical month....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (429+ words) It is a move that has seen the USD fall, gold rise, and pushed up the price of commodities including crude oil. Bitcoin sparked back into life with a sharpish rise too. Meanwhile, US mortgage applications fell slightly last week,…...