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Is the jobs recovery about to lose its vigour?

On the face of it, last week’s labour market figures provided some further welcome signs that the immediate impact of the Brexit vote on the economy might not be quite as bad as many had feared. The jobs recovery was holding up well in the run up to the vote, and the timely claimant count measure of unemployment actually fell in July, after the referendum.

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