New Zealand - Economy may slow sooner under new government

We are not yet changing our forecasts for GDP growth, inflation, interest rates or the dollar due to the news that a Labour-NZ First-Greens coalition led by Jacinda Ardern will form the next government, but the less growth-friendly policies of those parties mean the risks to our forecasts are on the downside.

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