New Zealand February trade data: balance -NZ$257M vs -NZ$740M expected (prev. -NZ$519M) imports NZ$6.89B vs NZ$6.20B expected (prev. NZ$6.73B) exports NZ$6.63B vs NZ$6.60B expected (prev. NZ$6.21B) Statistics New Zealand reported the annual…
Trump: He thought impact of Iran would be worse, will be over with soon Netanyahu: Won’t put a stopwatch, but it will end much sooner than people think BOE leaves bank rate…
Comments from Netanyahu: Iran has no capacity to enrich uranium or make ballistic missiles following 20 days of war Iran has few ballistic missiles left It’s too soon to tell if Iranians…
Comments from Netanyahu: Iran has no capacity to enrich uranium or make ballistic missiles following 20 days of war Iran has few ballistic missiles left It’s too soon to tell if Iranians…
Israel’s prime minister is set to hold his first press conference in more than a week at 1830 GMT (2:30 pm ET). There are various reports about a rift between the US…
US is ahead of schedule (he indicated 4-5 weeks at the start) Iran’s leadership is gone, they are looking for new leaders again Not putting US troops anywhere Will be speaking about…
One option for Trump to get energy prices down domestically would be to implement an export ban. Politico reports: The White House will not implement a crude export ban, and told oil…
One option for Trump to get energy prices down domestically would be to implement an export ban. Politico reports: The White House will not implement a crude export ban, and told oil…
Prior month 0.2% Wholesale inventories -0.5% versus 0.2% expected. Wholesale sales 0.5% versus 0.3% expected. Prior month revised higher to 1.3% from 1.0% previously reported Details: Wholesale sales (Jan 2026): $727.5B (+0.5%…
Prior month 0.745 million revised to 0.712M New Home sales for the month of January 0.587M vs 0.720M estimate. Further details from the report shows: Inventory (Jan 2026): 476K homes (+0.4% m/m,…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the tariff investigations will wrap up just in time for the 150 day deadline in the current tariff regime, which could also be ruled illegal (though that…
Prior week 213K Initial jobs claims 205K vs 215K estimate 4 week moving average of initial jobless claims 210.75K versus 211.50K last week. Continuing claims 1.857M vs 1.850M estimate. Prior week 1.850M…
