⁍ New Zealand electronic retail card spending rose 5.4 percent in September.
⁍ Real sales rose 7.3 percent from the same month a year ago.
– New Zealand’s unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in the third quarter, the lowest since records began in 1993, as the nation’s economy continued to recover from the effects of last year’s earthquakes, the government said today. Economists had expected unemployment to hold steady at 3.9%, according to a Reuters poll.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/newzealand-economy-ecards-int/new-zealand-electronic-retail-spending-rises-in-september-idUSKBN26X2O2