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New Zealand premier speaking at a news conference
– immigration levels a vote of confidence in NZ
– immigrants bring skills and capital that the economy needs
Given the migration/refugee crisis/overspill in Europe he should perhaps be careful what he wishes for

Does owning a red car mean you’ll pay more for auto insurance? Forty-four percent of Americans think so, but it’s not the case.

Forex news for Asia trading Monday 20 September 2015
Monday
Weekend
A relatively subdued beginning to the week across currencies. Japan was on holiday today, which contributed to the quiet start, and they’ll be out again on Tuesday and Wednesday. The big weekend events included speeches from two Federal Reserve regional presidents, and election in Greece, none of which had too much impact.

Weaker currencies typically boost growth but emerging Asian countries could instead slow down as financial conditions tighten.

Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (2317.TW) offered to buy Sharp Corp’s struggling liquid panel display business and plans to seek funding from Apple Inc (AAPL.O), the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday. The report did not specify how much Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn, was willing to pay for the loss-making operations, but said it would seek funding from Apple, a key Sharp customer. Sharp said it could not yet comment on the report except to say it was “considering various options for the restructuring of the LCD business”.

I’m trying to find a few pundits who are not calling for a US Federal Reserve rate hike, jus to balance out the ones I’m posting who are saying there will be
, for example

Sim Moh Siong, FX strategist at Bank of Singapore, says the weakening in the U.S. dollar will be “shallow and brief” given that the Fed remains on course for a rate hike by year-end.