New Zealanders are voting for a 'vibe' that even our most experienced pollsters are struggling to measure

Elections, labour markets and growth in focus; Korean exports star; China growth stumbles; ditto Canada; EU growth rises; Aussie housing market stumbles too; global air travel weak; UST 10yr at 4.93%; gold eases and oil falls; NZ$1 = 56.3 USc; TWI-5 = 60

Earl Bardsley wonders whether a new government may give offshore wind farms the type of leg up the current government is giving LNG

Roger J Kerr says our inflation problem is largely self-inflicted from an academic RBNZ ignoring the exchange rate's role in price setting, and by ignoring their own analysis