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Is 5.6% unemployment just the start of a longer slump?

The Front Page by NZME

Aug 5, 202616:43News & Politics

Unemployment has risen again – and it's worse than everyone expected. Stats NZ figures show the unemployment rate increased to 5.6 percent in the June quarter. That's up from 5.4 percent in the March quarter and it...

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Is 5.6% unemployment just the start of a longer slump? is an episode from The Front Page by NZME. Unemployment has risen again – and it's worse than everyone expected. Stats NZ figures show the unemployment rate increased to 5.6 perce...

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Published Aug 5, 2026, 16:43 long, audio available.

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