The New Zealand labour market remained relatively steady in the June 2011 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today, with the unemployment rate remaining at 6.5 percent. The unemployment stats, just released, were largely expected by economists...
Balancing tax and spending is not a task we can afford to cede to appointed experts...
Lift in OCR tipped for as soon as September after prices rise 5.3pc.
World share markets rose overnight after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed was ready to help the US economy if there were further signs of weakness.
If you're in the right place and the right job Australia is still the lucky country ... but for many struggle street is just around the corner.
We asked Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye to address youth unemployment.
Leader says increasing numbers live in Northland but work across the Tasman.
The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.
Just over a fifth of all working-age Northlanders were on welfare benefits at the end of March.