New Zealand data - BusinessNZ Manufacturing PMI for December

  • In at 56.7, prior revised to 54.9 from 54.7

The NZD isn't going to respond much on this data point - other fush to fry at present.

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Earlier from New Zealand we got job advertisement data from the ANZ survey

  • Up 1.1% m/m for December, from November's +2.4%

Still a picture of strengthening employment in New Zealand, albeit at a slower rate than the prior month

ANZ says the lift in job ads over recent months is reflective of a "broad-based acceleration in the economy in the second half of last year"