The headline labour market figures have not yet caught up with the fall in employment of between 500,000 and 1 million revealed in the timelier data for April. Given the shut down of so many businesses, the government can count the fact there have not been more job losses so far as a success. But we suspect that unemployment will continue to rise in the coming months.
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