Currencies

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; another new low mortgage rate, TD rates fall too, RE commissions hold up, FMA issues public warning, milk powder prices dip, swaps hold, NZD soft, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; another new low mortgage rate, TD rates fall too, RE commissions hold up, FMA issues public warning, milk powder prices dip, swaps hold, NZD soft, & more

Powell gets ready to support a dipping US economy; US SME optimism fades; China car market roars; Singapore doing better; IMF cautious; UST 10yr at 4.03%; gold up again, oil lower; NZ$1 = 57.2 USc; TWI-5 = 61.8

Powell gets ready to support a dipping US economy; US SME optimism fades; China car market roars; Singapore doing better; IMF cautious; UST 10yr at 4.03%; gold up again, oil lower; NZ$1 = 57.2 USc; TWI-5 = 61.8

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; first sign of another step down for fixed rates, RBNZ eases LVR rules, REINZ finds market going sideways, spending softens, swaps stable, NZD eases, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; first sign of another step down for fixed rates, RBNZ eases LVR rules, REINZ finds market going sideways, spending softens, swaps stable, NZD eases, & more

China's exports soar while US exports shrink; India inflation falls below target; Nobel Prize in economics 'proves' creative destruction long term benefits; UST 10yr at 4.07%; gold leaps again, oil little-changed; NZ$1 = 57.4 USc; TWI-5 = 61.9

China's exports soar while US exports shrink; India inflation falls below target; Nobel Prize in economics 'proves' creative destruction long term benefits; UST 10yr at 4.07%; gold leaps again, oil little-changed; NZ$1 = 57.4 USc; TWI-5 = 61.9

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; service sector stuck, migration low, tourism improves slowly, truckometer tame at best, farm listings low, for lease listings high, swaps hostage, NZD a bit firmer, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; service sector stuck, migration low, tourism improves slowly, truckometer tame at best, farm listings low, for lease listings high, swaps hostage, NZD a bit firmer, & more

US policy unnerves markets, tensions with China renewed; Canada grows more jobs than the US; Japanese politics stumbles; Aussie business soft ahead of jobs data; UST 10yr at 4.05%; gold recovers, oil lower; NZ$1 = 57.2 USc; TWI-5 = 61.8

US policy unnerves markets, tensions with China renewed; Canada grows more jobs than the US; Japanese politics stumbles; Aussie business soft ahead of jobs data; UST 10yr at 4.05%; gold recovers, oil lower; NZ$1 = 57.2 USc; TWI-5 = 61.8

Financial markets dive on latest Trump brain explosion; US federal layoffs start; Canada jobs jump; Japan politics gets messy; China fragile; UST 10yr at 4.06%; gold & silver fall back, oil dives; NZ$1 = 57.2 USc; TWI-5 = 65.1

Financial markets dive on latest Trump brain explosion; US federal layoffs start; Canada jobs jump; Japan politics gets messy; China fragile; UST 10yr at 4.06%; gold & silver fall back, oil dives; NZ$1 = 57.2 USc; TWI-5 = 65.1

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Auckland rents soft on lower demand, PMI dull, housing stock values limp, asset sales on radar, livestock prices soar, Fonterra shares too, swaps hold, NZD weak, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Auckland rents soft on lower demand, PMI dull, housing stock values limp, asset sales on radar, livestock prices soar, Fonterra shares too, swaps hold, NZD weak, & more

Update advisory: we explain why we are changing the way we track our currency's movements based on trade-weights. Our own TWI-5 is a different measure to the RBNZ's TWI-17. Both are approximations

Update advisory: we explain why we are changing the way we track our currency's movements based on trade-weights. Our own TWI-5 is a different measure to the RBNZ's TWI-17. Both are approximations

America kneecapping itself; Japan machine tool orders impress; ditto Taiwan exports; China reports solid holiday activity; Aussie inflation expectations stay high; UST 10yr at 4.15%; gold and oil down; NZ$1 = 57.4 USc; TWI-5 = 65.2

America kneecapping itself; Japan machine tool orders impress; ditto Taiwan exports; China reports solid holiday activity; Aussie inflation expectations stay high; UST 10yr at 4.15%; gold and oil down; NZ$1 = 57.4 USc; TWI-5 = 65.2

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; OCR pass-through distorted, spring listing rush, hopeful glimmers in card activity, more savings, lower share of GDP, weak tax-take mirrors economy, swaps on hold, NZD recovers, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; OCR pass-through distorted, spring listing rush, hopeful glimmers in card activity, more savings, lower share of GDP, weak tax-take mirrors economy, swaps on hold, NZD recovers, & more

American data weakens quite quickly but it is not holding back financial markets; Japan business sentiment up; Taiwan inflation down; China back from holiday; UST 10yr at 4.14%; gold and oil up; NZ$1 = 57.8 USc; TWI-5 = 65.4

American data weakens quite quickly but it is not holding back financial markets; Japan business sentiment up; Taiwan inflation down; China back from holiday; UST 10yr at 4.14%; gold and oil up; NZ$1 = 57.8 USc; TWI-5 = 65.4

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; Jumbo OCR cut has banks reassessing rate cut size, rents slip but investors more active, dairy prices slip, NZX50 rises, swaps drop, gold up, NZD falls hard, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; Jumbo OCR cut has banks reassessing rate cut size, rents slip but investors more active, dairy prices slip, NZX50 rises, swaps drop, gold up, NZD falls hard, & more

US data weakens; Canada PMI leaps; Japanese spending firm; Australian sentiment dips as do job ad levels; Airbus A320 trumps Boeing 737; UST 10yr at 4.12%; gold up as oil eases; NZ$1 = 58.1 USc; TWI-5 = 65.6

US data weakens; Canada PMI leaps; Japanese spending firm; Australian sentiment dips as do job ad levels; Airbus A320 trumps Boeing 737; UST 10yr at 4.12%; gold up as oil eases; NZ$1 = 58.1 USc; TWI-5 = 65.6

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; BNZ & TSB keep the rate cuts coming, no optimism in business opinion, ASB waves white flag, home ownership slips again, Gen Z meateaters, swaps down, NZD holds, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; BNZ & TSB keep the rate cuts coming, no optimism in business opinion, ASB waves white flag, home ownership slips again, Gen Z meateaters, swaps down, NZD holds, & more