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ep 362 | The week ahead - Is our unemployment rate headed higher?
02/05/2026 | 16 mins.
In the coming week, the economic highlight will be the April jobs report in the US. On the central banking front, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will be in the spotlight on Tuesday afternoon. Here in Aotearoa, the March labour force report will be the highest profile release, while we'll also get the results of another dairy auction. During the upcoming week, more than 100 S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report results, including the likes of CVS Health, Diageo, Disney, Novo Nordisk, McDonalds, Republic Services and Shell.
ep 361 | Why is the US sharemarket so strong?
28/04/2026 | 4 mins.
The S&P 500 index in the US has increased for four consecutive weeks, rebounding strongly from the weakness in March. That leaves it up 13 per cent from the recent lows, and almost three per cent above its pre-conflict peak. You could be forgiven for wondering why the sharemarket is hitting new records, with oil prices still very high and the situation in the Middle East unresolved. There’s never just one reason why markets move up or down, but right now the answer could be a simple one.
ep 360 | The week ahead - Will Big Tech earnings push the market higher?
25/04/2026 | 15 mins.
Some 180 S&P 500 companies are due to report this week, representing 44% of the S&P 500 by market cap. Half of that (so about 22%) comes on Wednesday, which will be a very busy day for corporate earnings releases. We’ll hear from five of the so-called "Magnificent 7" cohort this week (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft), as well as Coca-Cola, Visa, Caterpillar, Eli Lilly, Unilever, Chevron and Exxon Mobil.
ep 359 | Could 1970s-style stagflation happen again today?
21/04/2026 | 8 mins.
Stagflation has been in the headlines in recent weeks, as the oil price shock threatens to push inflation back up while taking a big chunk out of economic activity at the same time. The term is used to describe the highly undesirable combination of low growth, high unemployment, and high inflation. Could we see a return to the bad old days (economically, that is) of the 1970s?
ep 358 | The week ahead - US shares surge to new highs, but will they stay there?
19/04/2026 | 14 mins.
The S&P 500 index in the US surged another 4.5% last week to close at fresh highs, after some positive developments in the Middle East. After being down 9.1% from its January peak in late March, the S&P 500 has rebounded 12.3% to surpass those previous highs and sit 4.1% above where it started the year.

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