新西兰经济发展将提速

　　WELLINGTON, June 16 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's economic growth is set to accelerate from an estimated 3.1 percent in the year to the end of March this year to 3.8 percent in the following 12 months, according to a quarterly average of economic forecasts from financial and economic agencies published Monday.

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It would slow to 2.8 percent growth in the March 2016 year and 2.1 percent in the March 2017 year, according to the Consensus¹ Forecasts from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research ( NZIER).
The economic recovery was broad, spreading across household spending, investment and exports, and would translate into more jobs and higher wages, but living costs and interest rates would also rise, said the forecasts.
New Zealand economic growth set to accelerate: forecasts
One of the main drivers of economic growth was the country's " residential² construction surge," which would continue for five consecutive³ years largely due to the rebuild of the earthquake- battered⁴ Canterbury region, but also because of the recovery in other areas.
Exports were expected to rebound⁵ from a "practically flat" increase of 0.1 percent the March 2014 year to a sustained growth averaging 3.1 percent over the next three years.
However, the New Zealand dollar was forecast to remain high over the next three years, it said.
Consumer price inflation would rise from an annual average rate of 1.6 percent in the March 2014 year to 2.4 percent by March 2016, putting it towards the top end of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand' s target band of 1 percent to 3 percent.
This would lead to sustained interest rate increases over the next three years, with the 90-day bank bill rate rising from 2.9 in March this year to 5 percent in March 2017, according to the forecasts.
The unemployment rate was forecast to fall from the current historically high level of 5.9 percent, towards the past decade average of 5 percent, and wages would grow at an average 3.1 percent over the next three years.
Wages growth would outpace increases in the cost of living by around 1 percent a year, supporting household spending, it said.

1 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

2 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

3 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

4 battered   

adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损

参考例句：

• He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
• The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。

5 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。