Unemployment claimants rose by 5000 in November to 169k. The annual increase has jumped sharply in one month from 6pc in October to 8.9pc in November yoy as 13k more sign on than in November 06. Also there is a steep fall in construction employment from -3.3pc yoy in September to -4.9pc yoy in October. A fall of 1.6pc in one month or circa 4000 jobs even after allowing for seasonality.



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