Fitch downgrades its NZ growth forecast

Fitch downgrades its NZ growth forecast
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Fitch Solutions has downgraded its forecasts for New Zealand growth in the wake of Thursday's report showing the economy shrank 1% in the December quarter."We have revised down our forecast for NZ's economy to grow by 3.6% in 2021 compared to 4.5% previously," the analytics division of Fitch said.Fitch Solutions is separate from its credit rating arm."Our downward revision in 2021 reflects a significant slowing in recovery momentum that the NZ economy experienced in the fourth quarter of 2020, which suggest to us tha...

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