ASB says it may be late 2029 before house prices get back up to 2021 peaks

Residential property is looking like an increasingly poor investment in the current market

Despite encouragement from the Reserve Bank, most banks are not incentivising retail deposit growth as they look for ways to deal with margin compression that has become chronic

Roger J Kerr sees the US bond market sell-off as a vote of no-confidence in the Trump regime. He also sees Australian monetary policy management in a right pickle, and is disappointed in the mixed messages from the RBNZ

Oil prices & bond yields jump; US PPI rises further; US inventories rise; Trump splashes the cash; ECB hikes; Aussie inflation expectations rise; UST 10yr at 4.96%; gold lower and oil jumps; NZ$1 = 58 USc; TWI-5 = 61.3

US inflation expectations stay high, fear of job loss higher; China posts huge trade surplus; Germany posts surplus too; Australian inflation in focus; UST 10yr at 4.81%; gold dips and oil stays high; NZ$1 = 58.6 USc; TWI-5 = 61.8

Natalia Albert says we're thinking about the public service in the wrong ways, perhaps we need an engineer rather than consultants to figure out its future