There's less optimism for today's GDP figure than there was for the last. 

Stats NZ will release the September quarter figure later this morning.  

In June, Gross Domestic Product rose 0.9%. 

Westpac Senior Economist, Darren Gibbs, told Mike Hosking that they're predicting a 0.1% decrease to our economy. 

He says the manufacturing sector's seen weak growth, which is a strong economic indicator. 

Gibbs believes the sector will be a drag on our GDP figure, as manufacturing's PMI figure has been at dreadful levels recently. 

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