新西兰：第三季失业率升至5.7%创2015年以来最高 失业人数达17.4万、长期失业占比为1994年以来最高
新西兰统计局11月4日公布的劳动力市场数据显示，截至9月的季度经季节性调整失业率升至5.7%，高于6月季度的5.6%，为2015年9月以来最高，也高于经济学家与新西兰储备银行预期的5.5%。失业人数达17.4万人，按季增加3000人、按年增加1.4万人。
同期就业人数按季微跌0.1%，市场原预期增长0.4%；劳动参与率由70.6%降至70.4%，就业率由66.7%降至66.4%，更广义的劳动力未充分利用率维持13.8%不变。全职就业人数减少，实际总工时下降；失业逾一年者的占比升至约21.5%，为1994年年中以来最高。薪资方面，劳动力成本指数按年上升2.1%，低于同期3.7%的通胀率。分地区看，北地大区失业率最高、达8.3%，奥克兰、怀卡托与马纳瓦图-旺格努伊均在6%以上。
这批数据在大选临近时公布，劳动力市场已成新西兰经济辩论的中心议题，总理 Christopher Luxon 正寻求连任。数据公布后，新西兰元一度下挫，其后大致持平于0.5592美元，两年期掉期利率下跌6个基点至3.7815%。
（来源：新西兰统计局）
New Zealand: Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.7 Percent in September Quarter, Highest Since 2015, With 174,000 Jobless and Long-Term Share at a 1994 Peak
New Zealand's unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent in the September quarter from 5.6 percent in the June quarter, the highest level since September 2015 and above the 5.5 percent forecast by economists and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, official figures from Statistics New Zealand released on November 4 showed. The number of unemployed people reached 174,000, up 3,000 on the quarter and 14,000 on a year earlier.
Employment fell 0.1 percent over the quarter, against market expectations of a 0.4 percent gain. The participation rate slipped to 70.4 percent from 70.6 percent, the employment rate fell to 66.4 percent from 66.7 percent, and the broader underutilisation rate was unchanged at 13.8 percent. Full-time employment declined and total actual hours worked fell, while the share of the unemployed who have been out of work for a year or more rose to about 21.5 percent, the highest since the middle of 1994. The labour cost index rose 2.1 percent over the year, below consumer price inflation of 3.7 percent. Regionally, Northland had the highest unemployment rate at 8.3 percent, while Auckland, Waikato and Manawatu-Whanganui were all above 6 percent.
The release arrives with the country's election approaching, and the labour market has become a central economic talking point as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon seeks another term. The weaker data saw the New Zealand dollar dip before returning to trade largely unchanged at US$0.5592, while two-year swap rates fell 6 basis points to 3.7815 percent.
来源：新西兰统计局
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