西太平洋银行警告称，新西兰经济正面临一系列短期负面压力，包括高燃油价格、高利率、新西兰元疲软以及持续高企的失业率。据新西兰广播电台（RNZ）报道，该银行表示，这些因素叠加在一起，正在给家庭和企业带来巨大压力。
Westpac has warned that New Zealand's economy faces a cluster of near-term negative pressures, including high fuel prices, elevated interest rates, a weak New Zealand dollar and persistently high unemployment. The bank said households and businesses are being squeezed by the combination of factors, according to RNZ.
据新西兰广播电台（RNZ）报道，西太平洋银行警告称，新西兰短期经济前景面临一系列负面压力，包括高燃油价格、高利率、新西兰元疲软以及持续高企的失业率。
Westpac has warned that New Zealand's near-term economic outlook faces a cluster of negative pressures, including high fuel prices, elevated interest rates, a weak New Zealand dollar and persistently high unemployment, according to RNZ.
该银行的评估指出，由于借贷成本居高不下，且新西兰元疲软推高了进口燃料和商品的价格，家庭和企业正面临预算紧缩的困境。失业率持续高企，导致即便生活成本不断上升，工资增长仍然受限。
The bank's assessment points to households and businesses facing squeezed budgets as borrowing costs remain elevated and the currency's weakness pushes up the cost of imported fuel and goods. Unemployment has stayed stubbornly high, limiting wage growth even as living costs rise.
这一前景预测加剧了新西兰经济学家们在年末阶段的谨慎情绪。他们认为，货币疲软与顽固的高失业率相结合，比任何单一因素都更难迅速解决。西太平洋银行并未具体说明经济状况何时会好转。
The outlook adds to a cautious mood among New Zealand economists heading into the final stretch of the year, with the combination of currency weakness and sticky joblessness seen as harder to resolve quickly than any single factor alone. Westpac did not specify a timeline for conditions to ease.