Wages growth remains low as unemployment creeps up
Although strong migration is creating increased demand, it's also increasing the supply of workers, an economist says. With special feature audio.
Strong migration continues to put pressure on wage growth as unemployment lifts across the country.
The unemployment rate rose to 5.7% in the first quarter of this year, up 0.3% on the last quarter of 2015.
Although the unemployment rate rose, the labour force increased 1.5%, or by 38,000
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Jason Walls
Wed, 04 May 2016
Wed, 04 May 2016
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