Category Archives: Unemployment

Young people have never had it worse. Wrong!

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Simon Briscoe

How bad is the plight of the country’s youth? The rise in youth unemployment revealed by the ONS in its monthly labour market release on 19 January produced some dramatic quotes. Ed Miliband, leader of the opposition, raised the spectre … Continue reading →

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German labour market – records set, no recession

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Theodore Rankine-Fourdraine

Labour market figures released yesterday by Destatis, the German Statistics Office, showed the country continuing to grow with record employment (post-reunification) and the lowest unemployment for nearly 20 years. The charts below show the positive trends and how the country … Continue reading →

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Employment and unemployment in the EU and major countries

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Theodore Rankine-Fourdraine

Sometimes the mass trend is a lot more interesting than the individual components. That is why I share this graph which has the unemployment rate of all the EU countries and some other major economies.  Personally I find it not only interesting but … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, EU, UK, Unemployment | 1 Comment