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Manufacturing activity improves but still contracting
Manufacturing in NZ contracts for the ninth consecutive month.
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Cop28 made good progress says Energy Council
There was also progress on new fuels and other issues.
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Rate cuts might come sooner given weak economy
The economy contracted 0.3% quarter on quarter in 3Q.
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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.
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