UK Statistics Agency to Pare Back Jobs Data for Second Month
- ONS will publish only partial employee snapshot in November
- Agency trying to overcome drop in response rate to surveys
Commuters cross London Bridge in London, UK.
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The UK won’t publish full employment figures for the second month in a row, as the nation’s statistics agency seeks to reverse a decline in the rate of responses to its surveys.
The Office for National Statistics said Thursday that it wouldn’t release its usual publications on employment in the UK, regional labor markets and young people not in education, employment or training this month. The key labor market overview, earnings numbers and vacancies would still be published Nov. 14.