Economy Watch
Episodes
The US goes into reverse
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Making a messy situation messier
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Chaos has consequences
03 Mar 2025
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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 thi...
Gears crunched in downshift global direction
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
US tariffs bring higher prices, slower growth
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
More debt to solve China's challenges
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Risk appetite in sharp reversal
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
US fades both at home and abroad
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Risk aversion jumps on Trump missteps
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Hints of a stagflation future noticed by financial markets
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
American instability takes another turn
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
foreign investors, both friends an foes, are quitting their exposure to the new Russified US.But first up, the Redbook tracking of American retail sal...
David Mahon: China, a country 'full of DeepSeeks,' now sees NZ as 'a country of diplomatic infidelity'
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon visiting India before China could be seen as an insult in China, Beijing-based New Zealander David Mahon says. But h...
Back on inflation alert
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
What will the RBA do?
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
China borrows like there's no tomorrow
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Waiting for US tariffs
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The US gets its expected inflation twist
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Powell in no hurry to cut rates, defying Trump
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
It is clearer that tariffs will drive a new global inflation surge
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
US chaos, global data softness, not helping
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Economic shine dulls
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Retaliatory counterpunches come in many forms
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
No-one likes Trump's awful tariff deal, even in the US, so backtracking starts
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Sharp policy changes without thinking things through
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Consumer resilience powers the 2024 US growth
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Fed set to end rate cutting cycle
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Markets start to reassess risk in the face of policy without ethics
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
China loses steam ahead of holidays; Wall Street loses steam today
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
China holiday & US Fed decision dominate global economy this week
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Forced distortions a new economic threat
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The bond market doesn't like what it sees
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
The US gifts China global opportunities
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Trump 2 starts with bluster and reneging
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
All hail the Chief Grifter
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Rate cut revival in the US, dashed in Australia
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Markets celebrate US inflation no-change
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
No end to the rise in long term benchmark rates
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
China's exports get a Trump bump
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
No-one knows which way inflation is heading in 2025
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
China & Japan see fortunes diverge
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The cost of long term debt is rising
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
US economy outshining all others
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Service sector rise might herald inflation's return
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Hard to see 2025 much different to 2024
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Fear & uncertainty to the fore as 2024 ends
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Markets start pricing in higher risk premiums
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
China to turn economists into propagandists
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Eyeing 2025 nervously
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Nicola Willis: Growing the economy without spending
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stats NZ’s final data release for the year revealed the economy has been shrinking at its fastest rate in three decades. While this may not be a ver...
Trump creates a hot mess
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The US Fed cuts policy rate for third time
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Commodities ease as China de-risking builds
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Bad policy comes with big costs
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
A huge week of new data awaits us
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Cutting costs and raising prices
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Inflation fears ease globally
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
China's rescue plan gets few ticks
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
China readies more aggressive stimulus
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Trade uncertainty rises
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Supply chain pressures under scrutiny
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Services underpin global expansion
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
WMP saves the day
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Rising new orders help the global factory sector
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Of ruts, twists, stalls & downgrades
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
RBA independence in election sacrifice
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
US consumers still driving the global expansion
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Old man revives old grievances
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Global benchmark interest rates stop rising
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
The US & India drive global demand
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Power & corruption highlighted
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Banking stress rises in China and the EU
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Dairy prices rise as China's milk production falls
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Gold, oil, benchmark bond interest rates and bitcoin all rise
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Rate cut prospects fading?
17 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Oil demand falls, supply rising
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
US inflation progress stalls in October
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Markets hesitate with US inflation return feared
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
China stimulus fizzes
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
China's turnaround not in evidence yet
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Trump's win may have killed off more rate cuts
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Red Center delivers a morally bankrupt America
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Investors turn 'risk-on' as good data flows everywhere
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Factories globally subdued for a fourth straight month
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
The news other than the US election
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The US expansion pushes on, carrying the world's trade flows
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
US economy powers ahead led by consumer confidence
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
China lines up massive fiscal bazooka
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Soft economic data everywhere but company results stay strong
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Game lost, prepare to adapt
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Central bank rates fall, but financial market rates rise
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
US election risks rise & with them, trade risks
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Financial markets signal risk-off until the US election
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Key under-achieving data from the world's two biggest economies
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
AI generated podcast test
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a test of the podcast generator on Google Notebook LLM
Beijing struggles to convince markets it is in control
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US data mixed. Japanese exports fall. China stimulus unconvincing. ECB cuts. Aussie labour market rises. Freight rates weaker.
Current data lackluster, future view positive
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
China targets tax on offshore investments by their wealthy
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
No progress yet for China's reinvigoration
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 thi...
Mounting deflation pressure in China
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Andrew Coleman: Swapping NZ's gas guzzling Holden government retirement income system for an EV
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Government could run a second retirement income scheme alongside NZ Superannuation as part of a transition to a new system, but according to Andre...