Breakfast briefing; Markets struggle with negative economic anecdotes - Interest.co.nz

Europe scrambles for gas supplies; US talks itself down; China rolls out local boosts, eyes on bank stress; coal shines; UST 10yr 2.96%; gold and oil up; NZ$1 = 61.6 USc; TWI-5 = 70.6

Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand, with news markets are struggling to make sense of a global economy buffeted by many unusual forces. First, Russia has for… [+4237 chars]

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