Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance): This morning, Stats New Zealand released its latest data on paid jobs for the week ended 5 July. Statistics New Zealand said that by its most accurate measure, the number of paid jobs were up by 5,020 from the week before. This follows yesterday's labour market data to the end of the June, which showed that the unemployment rate had fallen to 4 percent, although underlying indicators showed some of the impact of COVID-19 is still to be felt in that data. While we know the path ahead will be difficult for some workers and firms, today's data demonstrates the continued resilience in the New Zealand labour market, thanks in part to this Government's hard and early economic and health response to COVID-19. 