New Zealand: GDP will drop 15% over the March and June quarters – Westpac
|The Covid-19 lockdown was the right decision to save lives, but the economic cost will be severe. Economists at Westpac Institutional Bank set out their forecast for the economy of New Zealand.
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“We forecast that GDP will drop 15% over the March and June quarters, but will rise 10% in September.”
“We expect that the unemployment rate will reach 9% and house prices will fall 7%.”
“We forecast that the Government debt to GDP ratio will rise from 18.5% now to 40% by 2022.”
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