New Zealand warned on Monday the final cost of the devastating Cyclone Gabrielle, which has left at least 11 people dead, could rise above $8 billion as authorities announced emergency funding to help in the recovery efforts. (Reporting by Alasdair Pal in Wellington Editing by Lucy Craymer)
Messaging: alasdair.pal.reuters.com@reuters.net)) (Corrects paragraph 1 to say Paul Conway was speaking on
Thursday, not Tuesday)
WELLINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - A cyclone that hit New
Zealand earlier this month was leading to greater uncertainty
around GDP projections, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's chief
economist Paul Conway said on Thursday.
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