Economists and Opposition pour cold water on PM’s plan for sub 4% unemployment
In the past 20 years, unemployment has only fallen below 4% in three years.
Jason Walls
Fri, 03 Nov 2017
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s plan to bring unemployment below 4% has been met with scepticism by economists and her political rival.
Ms Ardern has said New Zealand’s unemployment is “stuck stubbornly at 5% when it should be below 4%.”
Quizzed on how her government planned to reduce
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Jason Walls
Fri, 03 Nov 2017
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