The recession that looks likely does not have to be accompanied by falling employment - firms could just let productivity (i.e. output per worker) suffer instead. Indeed, employers have been reluctant to cut headcounts so far. But if previous slowdowns are anything to go by, firms are willing to suffer only brief dips in productivity growth. We still expect employment to fall by 1.5% by mid-2010.
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