5 Aug 2022

How are more people taking a benefit with unemployment so low?

From Morning Report, 6:46 am on 5 August 2022

Despite an unemployment rate of just 3.3 percent, National Party leader Christopher Luxon is questioning why there is a rise in the number of people receiving a Job Seeker benefit.

If you found the combination of low unemployment and an increased number of people on the benefit for the unemployed difficult to get your head around, you're not alone.

ANZ economist Finn Robinson spoke to Guyon Espiner.