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ASB Economic Update: OCR is Orr’s, for now

Wednesday, 28th March, 2018

• Last week’s central bank announcements played second-fiddle to Trump upping the trade war    stakes, as Trump’s proposed tariffs on Chinese imports rattled financial markets. • Meanwhile, the RBNZ Orr era begins on Tuesday 27th and we provide our first …

ASB Economic Update: Trump fires trade salvo

Wednesday, 14th March, 2018

Last week, US President Trump potentially kicked off a trade war with China and Europe, imposing a tariff on steel and aluminium imports (Canada, Mexico and Australia are exempt). We take a look of the past evolution of global trade and highlight recent t…

The time for the CPTPP is now

Wednesday, 14th March, 2018

A “comprehensive and progressive” version of Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will be signed by eleven members of the original fellowship in Santiago on March 8.The good idea is that trade and investment can be boosted by more open markets and better tra…

ASB Economic Update: Fed rate hikes on the radar

Wednesday, 28th February, 2018

This week, the end of the month brings a flurry of domestic monthly data, including the first ANZ business confidence survey of 2018. Meanwhile, the offshore focus will be with the US rate outlook, including the new Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony …
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