David Chaston News Today

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; some rate changes, Co-op Bank profit up, NIMs stay up, and profits hold, China profits soft, swaps stable, NZD holds, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; new high TD rate, affordability for FHBs improves, consumer sentiment improves slightly, April trade surplus halves, swaps up again, NZD holds, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, job ads soft, carbon price sinks, credit card billings weak, swaps firmish, NZD softish, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; some small retail changes, big population rise, more offices to be built, tough household spending patterns, swaps stable, NZD firm, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; tax take softens, ANZ cautious, mortgage borrowers go short, KiwiSavers who take risk doing best, Wayve makes the big-time, swaps stable, NZD unchanged, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; Auckland auction results gruesome, migrant remittances rise, commodity prices rise, swaps unchanged, NZD on hold, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; soft building consent issuance, soft house sales, soft profits, popular NZGBs, mixed customer service, swaps and NZD stable, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TSB launches low mortgage rate, auction activity resilient, labour market data resilient too, swaps steady, NZD holds but yen falls, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; consumer confidence slides, prioritising the mortgage (less), our taxes are low, our R&D spending is 'high' (?), swaps up, NZD stable, & more

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; a tweak up in home loan rates, a huge trade balance improvement, NZGBs popular at a price; swaps firm, NZD on hold, & more