English says New Zealand dollar 'unsustainably high', out of line with commodity prices

English says New Zealand dollar 'unsustainably high', out of line with commodity prices
By Tina Morrison July 23 (BusinessDesk) - Finance Minister Bill English said the New Zealand dollar, which hit a record on a trade-weighted basis this year, is "unsustainably high". "I share the same view as pretty well anyone who looks at the New Zealand currency and says it's unsustainably high," English told BusinessDesk on the sidelines of a Trans-Tasman Business Circle lunch in Wellington. "Almost anyone who has looked at it comes to the conclusion it's somewhere 10 to 15 percent overvalued." The New Zealand dollar has been hoveri...