Māori unemployment rate - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 11 Aug 2022 03:51:37 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Māori unemployment rate - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Record low Maori unemployment something to celebrate https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/08/08/maori-unemployment/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 07:52:34 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=150203 Last week's labour market data showed the Maori unemployment rate at the lowest it has been since modern records began in 1986. That's got to be a good thing. Economic commentators - myself included - can sound a bit clinical when we talk about the risk a tight labour market poses to the economy. It Read more

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Last week's labour market data showed the Maori unemployment rate at the lowest it has been since modern records began in 1986.

That's got to be a good thing.

Economic commentators - myself included - can sound a bit clinical when we talk about the risk a tight labour market poses to the economy.

It does pose a risk. We do need to find workers to allow businesses to grow.

But must we kill off the strong jobs market? Should we cheer on rising unemployment in the fight against inflation? Read more

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