New Zealand's economy kicked off 2011 with a bang, growing at twice the forecast pace and the fastest since December 2009 as a resurgent manufacturing sector drove the nation's revival in the face of Canterbury's earthquakes.
World share markets rose overnight after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed was ready to help the US economy if there were further signs of weakness.
Fear that the debt crisis in Europe is spreading has sent investors running for the exits, hammering both global equities and the euro.
Political uncertainty in Australia will be a factor in decisions on emissions trading here.
Retailers helped boost Wall Street after a surprisingly buoyant jobs report and better-than-expected sales at big retailers.
It's not the change to history that makes us nervous, it's having to wait to see what it is.
Should we be worried that the commodity spike of the past few months has peaked?
New Zealand's economy probably grew at the fastest pace in four quarters in the first three months of 2011, say economists.