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Podcast: Newsable
Episode: NZ's unemployment rate continues to rise
Description: The latest unemployment figures for the three months to September 30th have been released by Stats NZ. They show the rate continues to rise and is now sitting at 4.8%, up from 4.6% in the June quarter.Annual wage growth also slowed, down to 3.8% from 4.3%.Infometrics Chief Executive and Principal Economist Brad Olsen explains what all this means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices