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Finance Minister not yet counting economic chickens after announce of US-Iran peace deal

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 16 Jun 2026, 8:29am
Photo / Mark Mitchell
Photo / Mark Mitchell

The Finance Minister says it's still too early to say whether we're seeing the beginning of the end of the fuel crisis. 

Prices have already fallen significantly since the US-Iran peace deal was announced. 

Traders on prediction market Kalshi are now picking the Strait of Hormuz to reopen and be fully back to normal by August. 

But Nicola Willis told Mike Hosking while the deal is clearly good news, she's waiting to see how the situation develops. 

She says it's still fragile and we've had breakthroughs in the past only to go backwards, so she's not counting her chickens just yet. 

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