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XE Data Update - NZ Treasury Releases Economic Scenarios For Lockdown

The New Zealand Treasury released its economic scenarios for lockdown. The key points are:

  • The pandemic is a ‘once in a century’ public health shock having a profound impact on economic and financial systems around the world and in New Zealand.
  • There is a high level of uncertainty on the path the NZ economy will take.
  • All scenarios begin with a deep contraction in activity in the June quarter
  • When the public health risks diminish, and containment measure here and internationally de-escalate, the global and domestic economy will begin to recover, supported by large fiscal packages and the significant easing in monetary policy -timing and pace of recover is unclear.
  • NZ GDP to fall at least 13% in year to March 2021 and could fall as much as 33%
  • Peaks in the unemployment rate will be around 13% if the lockdown remains at 4 weeks
  • If lockdown extended the unemployment rate could reach between 17.5 to 26%
  • If lockdown stays at 4 weeks, and the Government provides extra support for businesses, the unemployment rate can stay below 10% and return to 5% by 2021
  • Forecast show the NZ economy can bounce back to be NZD$70 billion larger by 2024 than in 2019.
  • World outlook is also highly uncertain
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NZD little changed in immediate response

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Current indicative levels are:

NZD-USD 0.6070 / 0.6095

NZD-AUD 0.9535 / 0.9560

NZD-EUR 0.5565 / 0.5590

NZD-GBP 0.4955 / 0.4980

NZD-JPY 65.50 / 65.75

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Below is the link to the complete Treasury report:

https://treasury.govt.nz/system/files/2020-04/c19-4265378-t2020-973-economic-scenarios-v2.pdf

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