The slow progress in rolling out vaccines in New Zealand means that its border may only be reopened by the end of this year. With net migration boosting population growth by around 1%-pt per annum before the virus struck, we’ve lowered our forecast for 2021 GDP growth from 5.5% to 5.0%.
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