Key US and Chinese consumer price index figures are due out this week as the superpowers weigh fiscal and monetary policy.
Investors turn attention to key economic data as earnings season finishes.
About 25 companies are set to report over the course of the week.
Two weeks of NZX-listed company reporting will be mined for information about the wider economic recovery.
The industrial product maker has been at the ‘epicentre’ of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs.
The greenback is sitting on a four-month low while gold keeps its head above $5,000/oz, and markets expect RBA to hike this week.
The US Federal Reserve meets for the first time this year, and the fourth-quarter earnings season heats up.
Central bank independence, state sovereignty, and AI’s impact on the job market are all up for discussion as the world enters 2026.
Harbour Asset Management portfolio manager Shane Solly on the week ahead.
New Zealand is seeing a reasonably convincing pickup in terms of economic activity, analyst says.