In contrast to the UK recovery (covered by last week’s chart), the US economy has been looking very positive for a while now.
Chart of the Week: Week 20, 2014: UK Labour Market
The official UK unemployment rate continued its sharp decline in the three months to March.
Chart of the Week: Week 16, 2014: Employment by Age Group
Data released today show that UK employment continued to increase, with the unemployment rate down to 6.9%.
Chart of the Week: Week 6, 2014: EU Unemployment Comparison
Eurostat released the European Union’s latest unemployment statistics at the end of last week, and they showed an overall rate of 12% in December 2013, compared to 11.9% in December 2012.
Chart of the Week: Week 4, 2014: Unemployment and Earnings
The monthly labour market statistics brought further good news this week as the unemployment rate fell to 7.1% in the three months leading up to November 2013.
Chart of the Week: Week 49, 2013: Clash of the Titans
As the annual Clash of the Titans economic prediction competition is taking place next week on the 10th December, we’ve taken a look back at last year’s forecasts.