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New Zealand announces economic stimulus equal to 4% of GDP

by Associated Press
| March 16, 2020 8:05 PM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's government said Tuesday it would spend billions of dollars supporting hard-hit companies as it tries to shore up an economy headed for recession because of the coronavirus.

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