Jason Wong

New Zealand, Wellington

Analyst at Interest.co.nz

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Articles

NZD and AUD outperform and recover to trade at fresh 2025 highs

3 days ago | interest.co.nz | Jason Wong |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

Currencies / analysis Risk assets recover as Israel dominates battle against Iran; no sign of conflict spreading to elsewhere in the Middle East and Iran seeks end to hostilities.
Oil prices rise 4%

1 week ago | interest.co.nz | Jason Wong |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

Currencies / analysis Weaker US inflation data drive down US rates.
Replacement for Powell in 2026 to be named soon

1 week ago | interest.co.nz | Jason Wong |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

Currencies / analysis US-China trade talks continue for a second day in London.
Better NZ data raises Q1 GDP expectations

1 week ago | interest.co.nz | Jason Wong |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

Currencies / analysis Lower US inflation expectations support US Treasuries and rates nudge down. USD broadly weaker; NZD pushes up.
NZD trades at a fresh 2025 high

2 weeks ago | interest.co.nz | Jason Wong |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

There have been a number of market-moving events overnight, including a call by President Trump and President Xi, an ECB policy update, interpreted as a hawkish cut by the market, and higher than expected US initial jobless claims. The net result is little change in US equities and higher global rates. The USD reversed an earlier loss. The NZD traded at a fresh 2025 high of 0.6080 before falling back to 0.6040.
USD firms, NZD basically keeps pace

2 weeks ago | interest.co.nz | Jason Wong |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

Currencies / analysis US equities are stronger, supported by the JOLTs report, which showed resilience in the labour market.
Swap rates move up on RBNZ signals

3 weeks ago | interest.co.nz | Jason Wong |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

Newsflow has been light overnight. US equities are consolidating, with focus on Nvidia’s earnings results after the close later this morning. Global rates are higher for the day, with spillover from a poor ultra-long bond auction in Japan, but the US 10-year rate hasn’t pushed much higher overnight. The NZD has sustained the modest gain seen following the RBNZ’s new neutral bias, following its 25bps rate cut yesterday.
After hitting 2025 highs, both the NZD and AUD fall back slightly

3 weeks ago | interest.co.nz | Jason Wong |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

Following the long US weekend, US equities have jumped higher, and US Treasuries have rallied, in response to the de-escalation of trade tensions between the US and EU. Falls in global rates have been aided by speculation that Japan will address the turmoil in its ultra-long bonds. The USD is broadly stronger, recuperating some of last week’s loss, seeing the NZD probe just below the 0.5950 level.
After hitting 2025 highs, both the NZD and AUD fall back slightly

3 weeks ago | interest.co.nz | Jason Wong |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

Markets have been quiet and newsflow overnight has been light, with the US and UK on holiday. Some trade war de-escalation between US and the EU has supported equity markets. The NZD and AUD have pulled back from fresh year-to-date highs seen during the NZ trading session. The NZD is back down to 0.60.
NZ rate spreads to Australia and US narrow

1 month ago | interest.co.nz | Jason Wong |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

Currencies / analysis In a heavy US data release day, activity and pricing indicators were weak, driving down US rates and supported US equities.