Summary Following on from our chart last week on underemployment, this week we looked at the interaction between recent graduates and young non-graduates in the labour market, courtesy of a recent ONS report. What does the chart show? The red and blue lines show the unemployment rate (the percentage of people within a group that […]
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Chart of the Week: Week 46, 2013: Underemployment
The unemployment rate over the past three months fell to 7.6%: the lowest point since the first half of 2009.
Chart of the Week: Week 45, 2013: Fiscal Effect of Immigration
A paper was published this week by the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (based in UCL), investigating the impact different immigrant groups have on the UK Government’s budget.
Chart of the Week: Week 44, 2013: Household Disposable Income
The Office for National Statistics November Economic Review pointed out this week that although we have begun to experience decent economic growth again, there has been very little growth in real household disposable income since the beginning of 2009.
Chart of the Week: Week 43, 2013: European Debt-to-GDP Ratios
Now that the US debt crisis is over (until next time a deadline looms), we can turn our attention back to Europe.
Chart of the Week: Week 42, 2013: Holders of US Debt
As the deadline for the US Government to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling looms (it is, in theory at least, the 17th of October), we take a look at who holds most of the debt, and what that means in the face of a potential default.