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Year	Number of unemployed	Government spending ($billion)	Inflation rate (%)
1973	2321	32.8212	10.2
1974	955	36.5662	12.6
1975	4166	40.0311	15.7
1976	5356	37.9731	15.6
1977	7385	40.2658	15.3
1978	22330	43.174	10.1
1979	25239	41.1166	16.5
1980	36499	43.6697	16.1
1981	48313	45.7377	15.7
1982	52099	44.7487	15.3
1983	76475	48.3459	3.6
1984	66534	47.1145	9.4


Source: Statistics New Zealand

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