US issues unilateral tariff letters, pushing trade partners into China's orbit; global data stable; eyes on RBA and household ...

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Roger J Kerr says the Australian equities market and the Australian dollar value would have to be considered strong ...

Japanese households spend more; so do Singaporeans, and Australians; EU PPI levels out; EU house prices rise, some sharply; ...

China’s economy today bears an unsettling resemblance to Japan’s in the 1990s, when the collapse of a housing bubble led to ...

The Reserve Bank will likely end a sequence of six consecutive cuts to the Official Cash Rate in the coming week - but we've ...

Even if mortgage repayments drop, households may hesitate to spend the extra money while the labour market remains uncertain ...

BNZ's chief economist Mike Jones finds a mid-year economic wobble with no respite for the retail sector. With inflation's ...

Bad choices to haunt US financial markets; Japanese spending rises; China property woes back; EU house prices rise; ...

Ross Stitt celebrates the gains investors reaped from Australian listed shares. But these came despite a rocky twelve months.

Short term geopolitical 'noise' is masking a profound shift for the global economy and financial markets, BNZ economists ...

Race and class, eh? Can’t win with ‘em, can’t win without ‘em. Order your popcorn now. *Chris Trotter has been writing and ...