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Unemployment statistics come out later this week with young people out of work a key figure. But how bad are things? Timetric's Simon Briscoe reveals some unpublished ONS data that gives us a clue.
“Youth unemployment: how bad is it really?”, Simon Briscoe
Food prices (along with just about everything else - petrol, VAT etc) are rising. Fruit figures in most families' weekly food shops, as we all attempt, with varying degrees of success, to get the recommended 'five a day' into our children. But have you noticed that you're not getting quite as much bang for your buck when buying fruit - especially apples and pears - these days?
The move into education has been a big factor, making the rate higher when the numbers are lower. In theory, it's possible for the number of young people looking for a job to go down while their unemployment rate rises to 50 or even 100%. Simon Briscoe, former stats editor at the Financial Times, civil servant at what was then the Central Office of Statistics, and now of Timetric, highlighted the problem this week with some useful charts.
“Go Figure: The youth unemployment mystery”, Michael Blastland
House prices notched up by 0.8% between December and January, according to Halifax. Using the preferred three monthly rate of change though, prices are down 0.7%. The bank expects limited change to prices this year, though prices will be closely aligned with the performance of the overall economy, said Halifax housing economist Martin Ellis.
“House prices rose in January – Halifax”, Chris Marshall
As the chart shows, the latest reading on the official index of services also dipped in October. Put the two together and the fourth quarter of the year starts to look rather weak.
Why is this excellent news for a Bank of England?
It is losing credibility as a result of its bad inflation forecasting record and inflation which is likely to flirt with 4 per cent this spring.
“When bad news is good for some”, Chris Giles
“The analysis has been carried out by Timetric, a data research company, using official figures gathered by The Good Schools Guide.... The Timetric research covered 83 subjects on a list of the most academically rigorous A-levels published until recently by Cambridge University. They range from sciences to languages, maths, music and psychology, but exclude those such as general studies and media studies.”
“Half of top A-levels go to 249 schools”, Jack Grimston
Unemployed young people account for “barely one per cent of the population,” claimed economic data guru Simon Briscoe.
More young adults are attending tertiary education than ever before – a fact which the Office of National Statistics (ONS) ignores, distorting the figures, Briscoe claimed.
“Youth joblessness not so severe, says stats critic”, Julian Harris
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