Rising unemployment in New Zealand and annual wage growth at a two-year low reinforced expectations that the country’s central bank will move to cut interest rates before the end of the year. Statistics New Zealand on August 7 said the nation’s jobless rate rose to 4.6% in the second quarter, from an upwardly revised 4.4%...

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