The lessons for the UK from the election of a Labour government in New Zealand in 2017 are that businesses and financial markets will probably put more weight on policies that could restrain economic growth than the prospect of much looser fiscal policy. As such, business confidence would probably fall if Labour won the UK election on 12th December, which could push down bond yields and the pound.
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