Category Archives: Labour

Jobs – Two Speed Europe emerges

Jobs are not being lost everywhere in Europe. In the midst of Europe’s debt-induced recession woes, it is interesting to note the vastly different labour market experience of individual European economies since late 2007. The two charts below illustrate this … Continue reading

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Splits in the labour market – the UK’s latest numbers

Today’s labour market data was further confirmation that the position has stabilised in aggregate – both employment and unemployment have been steady over the last six months. Labour Market: Headline indicators, UK from Timetric But digging beneath the headlines shows … Continue reading

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UK Labour Market Insights

Over the last few weeks, we at Timetric have been getting friendly with the wealth of ONS data on the UK labour market, and curating it into a series of easily referenced topics on key headline indicators. This has allowed … Continue reading

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Vacancies on the up …… but driven by ONS Census hires!

While indicators like employment/unemployment rates and wage growth have been getting all of the attention from the media and the government – did you notice the little bit of good news, that job vacancies ended the year on a post-crisis … Continue reading

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An update on real wages

More discouraging news about the effect of inflation on real wages, ONS statistics published over the last couple of days have revealed. On Tuesday, the ONS released this month’s inflation data, which showed that CPI rose to 4.0% in January, … Continue reading

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