british unemployment hits 41year low
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British unemployment hits 41-year low

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Britain’s unemployment rate has struck the lowest level for more than 41 years, official data showed on Wednesday as the country prepares to trigger its exit from the EU.
However, a drop in the jobless rate comes alongside news of slowing wages growth.
Unemployment for the quarter ending Jan. 31 fell to 4.7 percent from a rate of 4.8 percent in the final three months of 2016, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.
“The unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent in the three months to January 2017... It has not been lower since June to August 1975,” the ONS said.
Analysts’ consensus forecast had been for an unchanged rate of 4.8 percent, which would have kept unemployment at an 11-year low point.
“The labor market is currently seeing decent improvement, reflecting the economy’s resilience through the second half of 2016,” Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHS Markit, said in reaction to Wednesday’s data.
“However, markedly slowing earnings growth reinforces the squeeze on consumers coming from rising inflation — and this is likely to increasingly weigh down increasingly on economic activity.”
It comes as British Prime Minister Theresa May intends on starting the EU withdrawal process by the end of March.
“The labor market has been helped by the economy’s extended resilience since June’s Brexit vote, but mounting signs that consumers are starting to limit their spending fuels belief that 2017 will become increasingly difficult for the economy and for the jobs market,” said Archer.
“The imminent triggering of Article 50 will bring likely difficult negotiations with the EU... Consequently, we see unemployment starting to edge up before too long and we suspect that the unemployment could reach 5.1 percent by the end of 2017,” he added.
The Bank of England (BoE) will be mindful of the mixed unemployment data ahead of its latest monetary policy announcements due Thursday.
Analysts widely expect the BoE to keep its main interest rate at a record-low 0.25 percent and make no changes to its cash-stimulus program aimed at supporting the UK economy during the Brexit process.
“The wage growth element is key for the Bank of England as weaker wage growth, which increased by only 2.2 percent year-on-year in January, could reduce pressures on the BoE to raise interest rates,” said Kathleen Brooks, research director at City Index.

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