Latest on the Labour Market, December 2011 - Animated Video Podcast (YouTube)

                                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edXoPPqKFkI       

The animated video with commentary shows:

• The quarterly changes in employment, unemployment and inactivity as well as the monthly change in the claimant count.

• It then focuses on changes in public and private sector employment and how much public sector employment has fallen since its peak in 2009.

• Finally it shows average earnings growth comparing the whole economy and the public and private sectors back to 2001.

You can find more information on the data discussed in this podcast in the Statistical Bulletin and the data tables.

Source: Office for National Statistics

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