Politics will be in the spotlight with the first round of French legislative elections on Sunday, then the UK general election on Thursday. In the US, investors will be watching the latest ISM manufacturing and services indices on Monday and Wednesday, before the all-important jobs report on Friday. It'll be a holiday-shortened week with the Independence Day holiday on Friday, and markets will be also monitoring fallout from the first election debate last week. It was a poor showing from President Joe Biden, prompting speculation he should step aside. Here in New Zealand, Tuesday's Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion for the June 2024 quarter is likely to provide further evidence of a weakening economy and falling inflation pressures, ahead of next week's Reserve Bank of New Zealand decision.

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