Gavin Friend

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7,937 appearances 60 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2024 last heard 2 Sep

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NAB Morning Call · Softer CPI, RBNZ itching to hike, hope drives oil lower · 27 May 2026 podcast

Europe's not in a happy place. voice-verified

The only kind of you know put in a storm, if you like, out this week, EU car registrations up five point one percent. voice-verified

So what you say? voice-verified

That's the third consecutive month. voice-verified

So there is something going on, right? voice-verified

I mean it's all about voice-verified

EVs up thirty-eight percent on the month, hybrids up twelve, petrol and diesel cars sales plunging. voice-verified

Um but the bad news is whilst European uh auto manufacturers are recording single digit gains, China's Cherry, uh the the c the manufacturing company there saw a three hundred and twenty two percent rise in its sales in Europe. voice-verified

So this comes ahead of a meeting on Friday. voice-verified

in Brussels where officials are going to discuss China and the you know, th the use of the tools that they have to address over capacity of Chinese voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Uh high tech manufacturing, you know. voice-verified

Well dumping is dumping, isn't it? voice-verified

Basically, dumping cheap cars on Europe. voice-verified

But but even there Europe's not agreed because, you know, Germany, very connected into China, doesn't want it wants it wants to appear um you know open to trade as well as uh talking about sort of you know protection and anti dumping and that kind of thing. voice-verified

yeah. voice-verified

And there was a pickup in the business uh conditions activity. voice-verified

Yeah, yeah. voice-verified

Yeah, so the core PCE comes in alongside the income and the spending report. voice-verified

So um the market's focused on a on a core measure, of course, of a core PCE and we're looking at point three, same as it was last month, annual up to three point three, ticking up from three point two. voice-verified

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