Here's my summary of the key news overnight in 90 seconds at 9 am, including news we are now into the end of year retail season.
The Americans have started their Thanksgiving holiday weekend and while the financial markets are closed, their important end of year retail selling period has just started. Much depends on how it tracks.
Their equity markets ended in New York in record territory on the back of very good data from earlier in the week. Oil, gold and benchmark UST yields all ended unchanged.
The Bank of England moved overnight to head off the risk of a bubble in house prices there, making a surprise announcement to kill off a scheme launched mid last year to boost mortgage lending.
Their mortgage rates are now expected to rise, and house building may fall.
In Germany, they have a new government, one still led by Angela Merkel but now including a coalition partner from the left.
The changes include higher minimum wages, raised pensions - and tougher attitudes to their neighbours who have debt and deficit problems.
Later this morning, we are launching some new and useful content - especially if you have a business overdraft.
The new feature will show you what your business overdraft costs, whether you could save real money on your working capital funding, and if you could qualify for a larger facility.
The NZ dollar starts today lower again at 81.2 USc, 89.3 AUc, and the TWI is at 76.3.
The easiest place to stay up with today's event risk is by following our Economic Calendar here »
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Their equity markets ended in New York in record territory on the back of very good data from earlier in the week.
Not looking so good in the NZ utility sector.
Forsyth Barr says Chorus should consider reneging on its contract to roll out ultrafast broadband (UFB), even though it calculated the company could face $360 million in penalties.
Chorus shares have plunged 15 per cent to $1.51 in trading this morning.
Cancelling the UFB contract would also give the Crown the right, over the following six months, to step in and take control of the company, analyst Blair Galpin said. Read more
You just have to love the racket otherwise known as a Public Private Partnership (PPP).
And the comments flow and the shoppers....shop.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-walsh/shopping-on-thanksgiving_b_4310109.html#comments
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