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UK sheds 59,000 jobs as unemployment rate softens in August

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According to data from the Office of National Statistics today (10 September),  however, the overall number has increased from a year prior by 122,000 (0.4%) to 30.3 million.
Annual growth in employees’ wages (excluding bonuses) in UK was 5.1% between May and July, while annual growth including bonuses stood at 4%.
Meanwhile, the employment rate for people aged 16 to 64 was 74.8% between May and July, while the unemployment rate stood at 4.1% in the same period, marking a slight decrease from the three-month average of 4.2% recorded between April and June.
The ONS warned that chang…

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