Key facts
- A tight New Zealand general election raised the prospect of drawn-out coalition talks, according to the report.
- The report said uncertainty over the next government's policy agenda put New Zealand stocks and the currency to a test.
New Zealand's stocks and currency face a test as a tight general election raises the prospect of drawn-out coalition talks and uncertainty over the next government's policy agenda, according to a report that did not date the event.
The report gave no polling figures, no election date, no coalition arithmetic and no market levels for either the equity market or the currency. It did not name the parties involved or the policies in contention.