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Nov 6, 2008
Unemployment Closing In On 100,000
While better than some were expecting the Household Labour Force Survey has some worrying signs - negative job creation in Auckland and a big jump in unemployment for the quarter. 16,000 more people are unemployed than a year ago. Are they going to vote Labour?? Not what one would want to read two days out from a general election.