The latest unemployment data showing the jobless rate falling to under 4% follows the equally bad 1.0% economic growth in the September quarter and a budget surplus of $5.5b, confirming the economy is going down like Donald Trump, as predicted by the ANZ Bank’s business confidence survey
The sick and twisted thing about right wing politics is that tories like a certain level of unemployment because competition for jobs is […]
Those arguing for unrestricted immigration are – wittingly or unwittingly – fueling higher levels of exploitation in NZ.
Another blow to Dunedin.
Despite National’s fiddling the figures on the way unemployment is counted, the unemployment rate is on the rise again.
A fall in the jobless rate is superficially good news, but most of the “fall” since May is due to changes in the way the measure is calculated. Wages remain flat, though less so for union members.
“The sad reality is that while the change in measurement might elicit a lower number or percentage it will not mean one fewer person is unemployed.”
After eight long years of National there are almost 40,000 more unemployed than when they came to power.
No Right Turn (with a side of Bernard Hickey) on today’s unemployment figures.
“Less debt more jobs” says National’s billboard. Instead we good the opposite. With extra helpings of icing on this Cake of Fail.
Remember how National’s youth rates were going to raise levels of youth employment? Turns out not so much.
We need a much better analysis of what kinds of jobs and conditions are out there in NZ, crude figures are not telling us enough.
David Shearer is not the only one to lose his job this month. It’s quite a list, when you add it up…
Unemployment is up, and the real situation is worse than the figures suggest. Just how many more years of the Nats’ economic “genius” do you want NZ?
Bill English came pretty close to admitting that the Nats are “relaxed” about our current high unemployment. Phil Goff came out swinging…
Apparently, Minister for Unemployment Paula Bennett doesn’t like reading too much, She prefers to have things explained to her with whiteboards, charts, and […]
Treasury’s main forecasts for the economy have worsened significantly since December: Nothing for jobs in the Budget. Tens of thousands more on the […]
If you believe the Government’s spin, protecting jobs in this recession is their number one priority. They even held a big fancy Jobs […]
The new employment data for the December quarter are out and they’re surprising reading. Now, the media will grab hold of the headline unemployment figure. At 4.6%, […]
Unemployment rose again last quarter but remains under 4%. It has now been under 4% for 16 of the last 17 quarters. Interestingly, […]
Seek has released analysis of the pay-rates offered by employers advertising on its site. It’s not a perfect measure and the figures are […]
National tells us that, if we put the right incentives in place, people will work harder and their incomes will go up. National […]
‘Unemployment benefits at record low.’ The number of people receiving the unemployment benefit has fallen to just 17,465. That’s the lowest number since […]
Unemployment rose from 3.4% to 3.6% between the December and March quarters. The number of people employed fell 15,000 from 2,162,000 in the […]
