A record rise in New Zealand's unemployment rate - to 5.3 per cent for the September quarter
A record rise in New Zealand's unemployment rate - to 5.3 per cent for the September quarter
4 November 2020
Stats NZ says the number of unemployed people rose by 37 thousand ... to reach 151 thousand, as the impact of Covid-19 hit the labour market.
That's up from four per cent in the previous quarter.
It's the largest quarterly rise in unemployment since the series began in 1986.
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