Michael Gordon: Westpac Senior Economist ahead of the release of the GDP figures for last quarter

Published: June 19, 2024, 8:12 p.m.

Banks are split over what today's GDP figures will show. \xa0

Stats NZ will release the data for the first quarter of the year this morning. \xa0

Westpac, BNZ, and Westpac are picking a small contraction, while ANZ and ASB are picking a small expansion. \xa0

Westpac Senior Economist Michael Gordon told Mike Hosking that everyone's in a similar range, slightly above or slightly below zero. \xa0

He says it's when we've had strong population growth which should provide a baseline of growth, but it seems we're going backwards in per person terms.\xa0

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