PREVIEW: NZ 4Q GDP growth likely muted

PREVIEW: NZ 4Q GDP growth likely muted
Rebecca Howard
By Rebecca Howard March 18 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's economy likely saw muted growth in the fourth quarter, weighed down by soft services activity.  Economists are expecting the economy to have expanded 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter and 2.5 percent on the year, according to the median in a Bloomberg poll. The central bank, meanwhile, is tipping a 0.8 percent expansion.  "There seems to have been a genuine slowdown in growth over late 2018, though it was exacerbated by some temporary disruptions in the energy sector," said West...