UK unemployment rate edges down to 5% in three months to January according to ONS
Imagine a year ago if you'd told someone the economy would contract by 10% in 2020 but the official jobless rate would only rise by 1 percentage point - shows the power of furlough
Imagine a year ago if you'd told someone the economy would contract by 10% in 2020 but the official jobless rate would only rise by 1 percentage point - shows the power of furlough
...Though bear in mind that gravity has not kicked in yet in some respects in these figures.
The ONS survey suggests around 300,000 people are not furloughed & not being paid but still *say* they are employed - and are therefore counted as such by the ONS...
The ONS survey suggests around 300,000 people are not furloughed & not being paid but still *say* they are employed - and are therefore counted as such by the ONS...
Are they *really* still employed?
Or would it be more realistic to assume that many of them (and most are in hospitality) are actually *unemployed*?...
See useful ONS blog here for more on this:
blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/01/29/pai…...
Or would it be more realistic to assume that many of them (and most are in hospitality) are actually *unemployed*?...
See useful ONS blog here for more on this:
blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/01/29/pai…...
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