We expect weak household consumption, business investment and inventory run down to result in a negative headline number.

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It's a whopper. It's 8 percent (of gross domestic product) on my numbers and definitely bigger than what I had expected.

180

Household confidence is very weak, suggesting household spending is vulnerable. We expect spreading weakness in retail spending as the year progresses.

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The economy will slow more quickly than the Reserve Bank assumes.

147

It would take a sharp slowdown in both house sales and retail sales for the RBNZ to show some mercy.

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