Darren Gibbs: Westpac Senior Economist ahead of the release of the September quarter GDP figure - The Mike Hosking Breakfast

There's less optimism for today's GDP figure than there was for the last. 

Stats NZ will release the September quarter figure later this morning.  

In June, Gross Domestic Product rose 0.9%. 

Westpac Senior Economist, Darren Gibbs, told Mike Hosking that they're predicting a 0.1% decrease to our economy. 

He says the manufacturing sector's seen weak growth, which is a strong economic indicator. 

Gibbs believes the sector will be a drag on our GDP figure, as manufacturing's PMI figure has been at dreadful levels recently. 

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