New Zealand sinks into recession as Q3 GDP dives 1.0%

New Zealand sinks into recession as Q3 GDP dives 1.0%

A shopper walks past a jewelry store in Auckland. New Zealand’s economy sank into recession in the third quarter as activity dived far more sharply than expected, while the prior quarter was also revised sharply downward, a dire result that cements the case for more aggressive rate cuts. | Photo Credit: AP New Zealand’s economy […]

US farms recession: US farms in trouble? Falling crop prices, and diminishing incomes summing up to a potentially biggest farm recession in American history

US farms recession: US farms in trouble? Falling crop prices, and diminishing incomes summing up to a potentially biggest farm recession in American history

The agricultural forces in the United States are slowly giving up on themselves, with decreasing incomes and falling of crop prices becoming the biggest issues for farmers across key agricultural regions in the US. Is the United States nearing a farm recession? According to a Wall Street Journal report, farmers in northeastern North Dakota, reportedly, […]

New Zealand Economy Enters Recession with Sharp Decline

New Zealand Economy Enters Recession with Sharp Decline

New Zealand has officially entered a recession, with data released Thursday revealing a larger-than-expected 1.0% contraction in GDP for the third quarter of 2024. The economy had already shrunk by a revised 1.1% in the previous quarter, marking two consecutive declines and meeting the technical definition of a recession The downturn exceeded analysts’ expectations of […]

New Zealand Enters Recession As Country’s GDP Drops 1.0% in Q3, Worst Since 1991: Reports

New Zealand Enters Recession As Country’s GDP Drops 1.0% in Q3, Worst Since 1991: Reports

New Zealand’s economy officially entered a recession as the country’s GDP dropped by 1.0 per cent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, a sharper contraction than anticipated. This marks the steepest two-quarter decline since the 1991 recession, excluding pandemic disruptions. Reportedly, the sharp contraction exceeded forecasts, which had predicted a modest 0.2 per cent […]

Canada’s stealth recession and the global fixed income pivot

Canada's stealth recession and the global fixed income pivot

In the U.S., inflation is trending downward as well, although core inflation remains stickier. That said, the Federal Reserve has already started cutting rates, with an aggressive 50-basis-point move surprising many observers. “A cut of that size is typically reserved for crises,” Briggs notes, “but it seems the Fed is trying to front-load easing to […]