Breakfast briefing; Battlefield gains mount in inflation fight - Interest.co.nz

US PPI dips; US petrol prices fall; Fed to keep pressure on; China car sales surge; Singapore stumbles; Aussie inflation expectations slip; freight rates dip; UST 10yr 2.88%; gold down and oil up; NZ$1 = 64.3 USc; TWI-5 = 72.3

Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand, with news bond curves are steepening again as progress in the fight against inflation shows some promise. American produc… [+5339 chars]

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