The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

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The Kākā’s diary for the week to July 15 and beyond

PM attending NATO meeting in Washington this week; RBNZ expected to hold OCR on Wednesday; Migration, retail spending, selected price indices & PMI data due; Hoon returns on Thursday at 5:00 pm

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TL;DR: The six key events to watch in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy in the week to July 15 include:

  1. PM Christopher Luxon is travelling to Washington this week to attend a NATO meeting running from Tuesday to Thursday. Parliament is not sitting this week.

  2. The RBNZ is expected to hold the OCR on Wednesday.

  3. Stats NZ is scheduled to publish selected price indices data for June on Thursday.

  4. Stats NZ is scheduled to publish migration figures for May on Thursday and retail trade data on Friday.

  5. The Weekly Hoon returns for subscribers to The Kākā on Thursday at the regular time of 5:00 pm after a three-week mid-winter break.

  6. BusinessNZ and BNZ publish their PMI survey results for June on Friday.

(Paying subscribers can find a much more detailed diary of upcoming ministerial, statistics, Parliamentary and other events below the paywall fold)

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The Kaka’s diary for the week to July 15, and the rest of 2024

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