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Latest NZ unemployment figure may not give a true picture of the number of people out of work

  • Written by Ananish Chaudhuri, Professor of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, University of Auckland
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New Zealand’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.9% in the December quarter, down from 5.3% in the previous quarter. One commentator argued this drop clearly establishes that a strong health response from the government was also the best economic response.

That may well be true but the conclusion is not obvious based on the data...

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