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RBNZ claim that unemployment is too low part of 'neoliberal policy regime' - academic

Monday 30th May 2022 | Quintin Jane | R1 News Reporter | quintin@r1.co.nz
Image: RBNZ/Business Desk

Last week, the Reserve Bank released its May Monetary Statement, which included the claim that unemployment is too low. We caught up with Brian Roper, Head of Politics at the University of Otago, to understand why low unemployment is considered a bad thing.