6 Aug 2025

Unemployment rate rises to 5.2 percent

From Midday Report, 12:10 pm on 6 August 2025

Unemployment has edged to a near five-year high and there are now an extra 16,000 people without work compared to last year. Finance Minister Nicola Willis spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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