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Welcome to the April 25 Weekly Overview
I've been attending conferences in Brussels and
Bruges focussed on difficulties Europe is having with a
rising narrative of fragmentation of both the Eurozone and
the EU, plus loss of industrial companies to more
competitive economies - including the new energy-cheap
United States
Welcome to the April 25 Weekly Overview.
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Lead Article – What I learnt in Brussels
I attended a one day conference in Brussels organised by ten think-tanks and examining the issue of EU Federation or Fragmentation. There is an underlying and seemingly growing thread of disunity in the EU in spite of outsiders queuing up to get in. The European economy is going to be weak for many years. 1,805 words
What I learnt in Bruges
After Brussels I travelled to the medieval town of Bruges for a conference on innovation in Europe. A paper presented by Deloittes concluded that the primary decision behind location choice for manufacturing companies is talent-driven innovation. Europe will need a lot of it as there is a long list of factors chipping away at their global locational competitiveness. 1,001 words.
In Bruges – Waffles and tourists
Actually, all we received of worth this week were the REINZ monthly data covered in the housing section and March quarter inflation numbers covered in the interest rates section. So there is nothing to place here this week. 417 words
NZ Housing Market
The more polluted China gets the more upward pressure there will be on Auckland house prices. 349 words
Interest Rates
The Reserve Bank left the cash rate at 2.5% as expected but in warning about the damage from the high NZD actually sent it higher. 399 words
Offshore
Data releases have been weak recently and new caution is sweeping the globe. Yet money printing will keep pushing asset prices higher. This is not a healthy situation. 1,180 words.
Exchange Rates
The NZD has hit a three and a half year high against the Aussie dollar. Here is why. 496 words
Some things are best kept private - introduction to BNZ Private Bank
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Tony Alexander produces five regular publications.
The monthly Growing With China issues are here.
http://tonyalexander.co.nz/topics/china/
The monthly Brain Gain NZ can be located here.
http://tonyalexander.co.nz/topics/brain-gain-nz/
The Weekly Overviews are loaded here.
http://tonyalexander.co.nz/topics/regular-publications/bnz-weekly-overview/
The monthly BNZ-REINZ Residential Market Surveys are posted here.
http://tonyalexander.co.nz/topics/surveys/bnz-reinz-survey/
The monthly BNZ Confidence Surveys are available here.
http://tonyalexander.co.nz/topics/surveys/bnz-confidence-survey/
Other recent publications include the following.
Sources of Western Apprehension About China
http://tonyalexander.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Sources-of-Western-Apprehension.pdf
Expat Experiences of NZ Hiring
http://tonyalexander.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Expathiring.pdf
Advice from NZ employers to expats and migrants
http://66.147.244.100/~braingai/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Employer-Survey-March-2013.pdf
19 Reasons Why Auckland House Prices Will Keep Rising. Page 5 of
http://tonyalexander.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/WONovember-1.pdf
Massey University Symposium Handout on Housing Affordability
http://tonyalexander.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Massey-March-2013.pdf
Kiwi Business Locus of Control at a Distance
http://tonyalexander.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Locus-of-Control.pdf
All the best
Tony Alexander
Chief Economist
LinkedIn Profile
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