US retail sales are sluggish and dragging on US GDP growth. China’s economy outperforms expectations, so ANZ Research lifts its China GDP growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026. New Zealand’s housing market is stirring, but slowly.

In our bonus deep dive interview, ANZ China Strategist Zhaopeng Xing analyses China’s fiscal response to soften the economic impact of US tariffs.

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