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EPISODE · Aug 5, 2026 · 6 MIN

Brad Olsen discusses latest unemployment figures

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Unemployment numbers are out and they are ugly. Stats NZ jobless data has come in at 5.6 percent for the June quarter, worse than expected and the highest in more than a decade. Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen spoke to Guyon Espiner

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