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Unemployment at 11 year high of 5.6%, increases in long term and youth unemployment. Annual wage growth at 5 year low of 2%. (Most recent inflation rate: 4.1% CPI) "The number of people between 15 and 24 years who were unemployed, not in education or training increased to 13.8 percent from 12.9 percent." Not great numbers four months before an election. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/892951/unemployment-rises-to-11-year-high-of-5-point-6-percent