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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 15 September 2021 - Claimant Count and Unemployment Rate both fall in August
Description: "The recovery of the UK economy continues to be buffeted by the shortages created by the lack of HGV drivers and the global shortage of spare parts and raw materials.
Yesterday’s release of employment data for August showed that more people are finding jobs which brought down both the claimant count, by 58.6k and the unemployment rate from 4.7%in July to 4.6%.
This shows that the economy is still travelling in the right direction, but there is little doubt that the recovery will be weaker in Q3 than it was in Q2.
The recovery of the UK economy continues to be...