Rabobank’s senior market strategist commented on New Zealand’s latest December quarter inflation numbers (4.7 per cent down from 5.6 per cent from the September quarter) and what this might mean for the OCR and mortgage interest rates.
Todd McClay:
The Minister of Agriculture and Trade talked about Trump and tariffs, the prospect of an FTA with India, and whether the Nats were going to hang their coalition partner David Seymour out to dry over his Bill on the Treaty principles.
Damien O’Connor:
This week we found the former Minister of Agriculture and Trade on his trail bike at Molesworth Station, New Zealand’s largest farm, and it was not long before shots were fired! We debated whether the government should be in the business of farming and whether former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was supportive of an FTA with India. Plus, we reflected on Dick Tayler’s great run 50 years on.
Claire Taylor:
We were joined in the studio by a UK Nuffield Scholar who was in New Zealand on her study tour looking at rural storytelling. She grew up on a small beef farm on the West Coast of Scotland and had worked for the BBC and Scottish Farmer for over a decade. She talked about meeting with Groundswell NZ.
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