Unemployment's hit its highest point in four years
Unemployment's hit its highest point in four years
5 February 2025
Stats NZ says the unemployment rate rose to 5.1-percent in 2024's fourth quarter - as expected.
That's up from 4.8-percent in the three months to September.
The Herald's Liam Dann says it's a level not reached since late-2020.
He says that's 33-thousand more unemployed people, to a total of 156-thousand in the year to December.
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