NZ job-seeker support numbers rise; confidence 'falls off cliff'

NZ job-seeker support numbers rise; confidence 'falls off cliff'
Rebecca Howard
It is hardly surprising people have no plans to buy major household items anytime soon as droves continue to turn to job-seeker support. The number of jobseeker recipients has jumped by more than 35,000 since March 20, a few days before the country went into lockdown, the Treasury said in its latest covid-19 Economic Dashboard report. Last week that number stood at almost 30,000.  Some 6.0 percent of the estimated working-age population received job-seeker support as of April 24, the latest data from the Ministry of Social Development sho...

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