Breakfast briefing; Inflation and the central bank reactions - Interest.co.nz

US inflation rises but as expected; US retail stays strong; The US budget repair makes impressive progress; Toyota cuts output by -10%; Aussie confidence up; UST 10yr 2.72%; gold and oil up; NZ$1 = 68.7 USc; TWI-5 = 74.6

Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand with news it's all about inflation and policy interest rates today. American CPI inflation was up +8.5% in March, driven b… [+6245 chars]

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