Wakeup call: Investors brush off high inflation
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Wakeup call: Investors brush off high inflation

Global investors were relaxed over the weekend about figures showing US inflation accelerated to 6.8% in November, its highest rate since 1982.

Bernard Hickey 13 Dec 2021
Wakeup call: Evergrande defaults smoothly
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Wakeup call: Evergrande defaults smoothly

Global stock and bond markets were broadly calm and mostly flat after the collapse of China's biggest apartment builder.

Bernard Hickey 10 Dec 2021
Wakeup call: BusinessNZ pulls out of FPA talks
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Wakeup call: BusinessNZ pulls out of FPA talks

Business group says FPAs are bad for business but worse for employees, as it launches salvo against the government's 'unlawful' national pay agreements.

Bernard Hickey 09 Dec 2021
Wakeup call: Dip buyers dominate
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Wakeup call: Dip buyers dominate

The S&P 500 surged 2.2% and the Nasdaq was up 3.1% this morning as buyers of last week’s dip grew in confidence and fears about omicron and a Fed tightening faded.

Bernard Hickey 08 Dec 2021