24 Feb 2020

Counting the cost of Covid-19's local impact

From Morning Report, 8:11 am on 24 February 2020

New Zealand's steps to shield itself from the Covid-19 coronavirus will not save the economy from feeling its affects.

Hundreds of millions of dollars is likely to be shaved off the value of the economy for the first quarter, with estimates currently between 0.3 and 0.6 percentage points less than pre-virus forecasts.

Business reporter Emma Hatton has more.