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NZ dollar slumps after gov't cuts growth outlook

By Swati Pandey
SYDNEY, Aug 23 (Reuters) The New Zealand dollar tumbled to a one-week low against its U.S. counterpart and a 3-1/2-month trough on its Australian cousin on Wednesday after the government downgraded its growth outlook for this fiscal year and next
The New Zealand Treasury reduced its economic growth forecast for the year to June to 2.6 percent from 3.2 percent previously, and cut its growth projection of 3.5 percent in the year to June 2018 from 3.7 percent in the May budget update.
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