Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Green Shots!
BBC: UK jobless total hits 2.2 million
The number of people out of work in the UK rose 244,000 to 2.22 million in the first three months of 2009, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
The jobless rate rose from 6.7% to 7.1%. Unemployment benefit claimants in April rose 57,100 to 1.51 million.
Posted by peter_2008 @ 04:13 PM (1077 views) Add Comment
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1. 51ck-6-51x said...
"accidental early release"
fnar fnar
2. hpwatcher said...
and the tw**s have tried to put a positive spin on what is the worst rise since 1981
3. Henryweston said...
Thats a massive increase in unemployment, which was of course predicted by the 'doom mongers' on this website, its quite worrying how accurate this site has been.
4. paul said...
2.2 million unemployed? Don't I know it.
Seems to me the jobs have gone in housebuilding and related, finance and related and manufacturing. Did I leave anyone out?
5. down wave said...
This is just the tip of the Iceburge, component manufacturing companies are now going bust. This will pan through to manufacturers, the will have shortages and will not be able to complete their contracts and order books. More will go bust and 3 million will be unemployed by July.
My observations of the recent events as published on countless Internet sites have resulted in meta-conlusions that the situation is going to get much worse. Political, banking, marketing and propaganda Spin has not in the past and never will reverse the physical laws of cause and effect-at least for the average human. If it did, then perpetual motion would be a reality.
The inevitable consequence of the gross unethical and improprietous behaviour of everyone involved and for those not involved will pan out. They banished slavery years back and have replaced it with economic slavery and bondage. At least slaves had rudimentary roofs and food, today millions do not even have these.
6. str 2007 said...
What's in it for Soros to come out and say there are green shoots ?
7. alan said...
"I'm not saying green shoots or anything like that by any means but I am saying that whilst we have not reached the bottom, the rate of decline appears to have slowed," he said.
"Some people in the City are already talking of recovery. But the only recovery in the real world will be when unemployment starts to fall."
Of course there is a positive spin. Don't you guys know that elections are coming? On the day after the elections, if (when) the results go bad Gordo will swap round a few faces.
Anyone on this site NOT convinced that NuLab needs all the help it can get from the BBC?
8. peter_2008 said...
250,000 loss in a quarter. We are certainly on target to 1 million of job loss this year!
If HPC corresponds with unemployment, which it does, we shall see a further 30% fall by the end of this year
9. hpwatcher said...
What's in it for Soros to come out and say there are green shoots ?
He is probably trying to encourage the market rally, so he can dump the crap that he mistakenly bought.
10. str 2007 said...
hpwatcher
I'd of thought his credibility was too important - clearly not.
11. str 2007 said...
alan
Sorry I must have been taken in by a headline - should've read the whole article.