WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s economy suffered its biggest contraction in eight years in the third quarter and the broad-based slump reinforced expectations that global headwinds will keep the country in recession well into 2009.
Gross domestic product fell a seasonally adjusted 0.4% as consumers spent less, businesses cut investment and weak global markets and prices hit exports, data showed yesterday, backing the case for more central bank interest rate cuts.
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