From not enough jobs to not enough workers

It’s remarkable how quickly the fear keeping policymakers awake at night has shifted from there being too many people out of work to there not being enough people to fill all the vacant jobs. Interestingly, the furlough scheme minimised the rise in unemployment during the worst of the pandemic and the closure of the scheme at the end of September may help to ease the current labour shortages.

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