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Liam Dann: Economists pick the top five trends to watch in 2021
1 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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The effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines is going to have a bearing on the economy in 2021. Photo / AP
This time last year, no one picked a global pandemic was the economic trend to watch in 2020. As part of an annual look ahead, the Herald asks New Zealand s leading economists to pick the key indicators or trends they ll be looking at in the year ahead.
This year a combination of Covid-19 factors tops the list of things New Zealand s leading economists will be watching in 2021 as they seek to assess our progress and forecast our outlook.