"We needed rain yesterday,right,". "We needed rain most probably a fortnight ago for our crops to realize their full potential but most probably been 30 percent of our yield potential gone and every day it doesn't rain that will fall quite dramatically from there."
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If not reversed, these developments, together with a pace of growth that is likely to fall short ofpotential for a time, should lead inflation to moderate later this year and next year.
And in sharp contrast to Asia, over half of New Zealand's foreign debt is denominated in its own currency, reducing the potential impact of a fall in the exchange rate.