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'Employers smell desperation': Employment confidence slumps

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Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 6:10am
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'Employers smell desperation': Employment confidence slumps

Author
¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 6:10am

A blow for Kiwi employment confidence, which has slumped to its lowest level since the post-2020 Covid lockdown lows. 

The Westpac-McDermott Miller index shows despite the weaker overall result, confidence has only fallen in four of 11 regions. 

That includes the biggest job market —Auckland— which dominated the national average. 

CV.co.nz Managing Director Tom O'Neil told Andrew Dickens he reckons it's partially due to looming American tariffs. 

He believes there's been a massive hangover encapsulating all the difficulties New Zealand's faced since 2020. 

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