New Zealand Q4 unemployment rate 5.1% (vs. 5.1% expected and 4.8% in Q3

  • Jobs fell 0.1% q/q (vs. -0.2% expected)

New Zealand Q4 jobs data

The jump in the unemployment rate is bad news, though not unexpected. It hit its highest in 4 years.

As I said earlier, the impacts of the sustained Reserve Bank of New Zealand rate hike cycle is still impacting, despite the easing cycle beginning last year.

New Zealand unemployment rate Q4 2024 2

NZD/USD is not a lot changed, circa 0.5653.

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