The large decline in the official population data last quarter suggests the Labour Force Survey is still not entirely picking up the collapse in immigration and should therefore give a more pessimistic read on employment growth than the alternative Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH) as this drag feeds through over the coming months.
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