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UK Jobs Data Is Weak, But Not Yet Weak Enough

The latest UK employment data still doesn’t definitively tell us whether employment is cooling or collapsing.  

A sign advertising jobs at the UK Careers Fair in London.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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We got the latest on the UK jobs market from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning.