Data for purchases made in New Zealand on debit, credit and store cards Card spending data covers around 68% of core retail sales in NZ. …
BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index (PSI). For March was 49.1, indicating a decline in service sector activity February was 49.0 long run average …
Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio warned that President Donald Trump’s trade war has pushed the U.S. economy dangerously close to recession. “I think that right …
Equity index futures: S&P 500 +1.1% … ES NASDAQ +1.5% … NQ DOW JONES +0.9% … YM There has been much baloney over the weekend …
Globes trade will begin at the top of the hour. Forex rates show EUR and JPY both lower against the USD. The latest muddled communication …
German Chancellor-in-waiting (set to become chancellor in May) Friedrich Merz has warned that Trump’s tariff policies could accelerate the onset of a global financial crisis. …
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari warned that even modest U.S. tariffs could significantly disrupt trade, particularly for farmers. “In many sectors, whether it’s a 10% …