Stats NZ figures show unemployment levels are four per cent for the June quarter
Stats NZ figures show unemployment levels are four per cent for the June quarter
5 August 2020
That's a fall from 4.2 percent in the March quarter.
It's the first quarter to include the Covid-19 lockdown, with Treasury earlier forecasting it would reach 8.3 per cent
The level is an average across the three months - with figures showing unemployment since has increased to nearer to five per cent.
Stats NZ's Sean Broughton says there were about 39-thousand more recipients of Jobseeker Support than the previous quarter.
But he says that doesn't necessarily mean they're unemployed.
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