New Zealand Dollar Rises as Robust Wage Growth Outweighs Q3 Job Decline

New Zealand’s labor market cooled off a bit in Q3 2024, with employment dipping 0.5% quarter-over-quarter (vs. 0.4% downtick expected) and the unemployment rate ticking up from 4.6% to 4.8%.
The labor force participation rate also slipped,
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