Our econometric model suggests that payroll employment increased by around 130,000 in November. That would be consistent with other evidence showing that labour market conditions have yet to improve by enough to reduce the unemployment rate significantly. We continue to believe that the unemployment rate will remain above 9% for at least the next two years.
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