New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to slow to around 2% to 2.5% this year, due to the economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic.
Ardern said the forecasts were from the treasury which had previously predicted a GDP growth of 2.2% to 2.8%. She said the impact will be seen in the first two quarters of the year.
"Treasury expect things to return to normal in the second half of 2020," she told a news conference.
(Reporting by Praveen Menon; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
