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Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economist on economic activity lifting 2.6% in the second quarter, regional growth
Published 2 weeks, 4 days ago
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Economic resilience is coming through from the regions, but people are still finding it hard to get a job.
Infometrics' new report finds all 16 regional economies saw growth in the three months to June.
Overall economic activity lifted 2.6% over the quarter.
Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen told Mike Hosking there is some employment growth across the South Island and a few areas in the North.
However, Auckland's recovering slowly, and its unemployment rate of over 6% is contributing to the downbeat view.
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