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Economic activity slows, GDP up just 0.1pc
The economy barely avoided dipping into negative territory in the second quarter of this year, says Statistics NZ, which has just released GDP stats showing paltry growth of just 0.1 per cent.
The economy barely avoided dipping into negative territory in the second quarter of this year, says Statistics NZ, which has just released GDP stats showing paltry growth of just 0.1 per cent.
New Zealand's economy probably slowed from its surprisingly robust first-quarter pace in the second three months of 2011 as construction stayed weak and manufacturing continued to tread water.
The volume of manufacturing sales fell 0.7 per cent in the June 2011 quarter, after a 1.4 per cent rise in the March 2011 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today.
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