Published: 3 February 2011

Description

This report presents Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) results for the December 2010 quarter.  The HLFS was released by Statistics New Zealand on 3 February 2011.

Link to full report

Employment and Unemployment HTML | PDF [5 pages, 86 KB]

Summary

The latest HLFS showed that the labour market weakened over the December 2010 quarter.  Employment fell by 0.5% and the unemployment rate rose from 6.4% to 6.8%.  The weaker than expected results reflect the slowing in economic activity over the middle of the year and also the volatility that has been seen in the labour market data recently.  However, despite the weakening over the quarter, the labour market remains in a better position than a year ago, with employment up and unemployment down.

Labour market Summary

Long Description For Figure

Related information

Household Labour Force Survey data from Statistics New Zealand [external link]

Quick facts about the labour market

Future updates

This is a regular report – the next update is due in May 2011.  Reports from previous periods can be found in archive

Author or contact details

For further information please contact the Labour Market Analysis team