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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 16 July 2021 - Employment data beats all expectations
Description: "Data released yesterday showed that the economy is going to reach pre-Pandemic levels faster than had been expected. The employment report showed that the claimant count fell by 114k following an upwardly revised 151k fall in May.
The flip side of this strong showing for the economy is the growing concern that the country will face labour shortages in several sectors going forward.
Five years on from a Brexit vote which many feel was swayed by a belief that the country would be better placed if it relied less on workers from the EU, the country now faces a situation...