The UK Unemployment Mystery

A strange feature of the past two years, has been a largely unexpected fall in UK unemployment. Recently, the ONS said there were 2.49 million people unemployed,  185,000 less than on a year earlier. It is the lowest unemployment rate since spring 2011. Usually, in a recession, you would expect a rise in unemployment because falling demand causes firms to get rid of surplus workers. (see: demand deficient unemployment)

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