Oil rises further and US stocks drop as markets fear a longer Middle East conflict and higher inflation. ANZ Research has upgraded its forecast for Q4 GDP out today, and Australia’s housing market and consumers start to soften as the RBA says March’s rate meeting is ‘live’.

And then in our deep-dive interview, ANZ Senior China Strategist Zhaopeng Xing analyses how China’s economy is placed to withstand the Iran oil price shock.