BLBG:N.Z. Dollar Rises as Bollard Says Economic Performance May Be Understated
The New Zealand dollar advanced after Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard said the country’s economic performance may be understated.
The so-called kiwi climbed 0.3 percent to 83.57 U.S. cents at 12:26 p.m. in Wellington from 83.30 cents in New York yesterday.
“New Zealand is in some ways better off than is often thought,” he said in e-mailed notes for a speech to the Trans Tasman Business Circle in Auckland today. He said gross domestic product may be as much as 10 percent higher than official data relative to other nations.
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