New Zealand’s Gross Domestic Product fell -0.9% in the fourth quarter, bringing the annual rate of decline to a 17-year high of -1.9% in the year through December 2008. Yesterday, the International Monetary Fund said they expect New Zealand’s economy to shrink about 2% through 2009, noting that “households are constrained by high debt levels, falling house and equity prices, and uncertain employment prospects.” Still, overnight index swaps suggest the market is pricing a limited scope to further interest rate cuts, calling for at most a 25 basis point cut in April and no net change in a year from now.