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Sluggish, limping, a slow slog.....some of the expectations of economists and commentators around how the economy is recovering.
GDP figures out later this morning are expected to show the economy grew about 0-point-3 percent in the final three months of last year.
It follows a 1 percent contraction in the September quarter, and a 1.1 percent fall in the June quarter, meeting the definition of a technical recession.
The BNZ's head of research, Stephen Toplis, says poor domestic consumer confidence and uncertainty in global markets are big factors holding the economy back.
