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Commons Briefing paper by Daniel Harari. It was first published on Tuesday, 20 March 2012. It was last updated on Tuesday, 20 March 2012.


Economic Indicators, Budget update

Unemployment rose to 2.67 million in the three months to January 2012, 148,000 higher than a year ago. However, the rate of increase has slowed recently with the 28,000 rise in the last quarter the smallest since the three months to May 2011. The number of people in employment was up very slightly in the recent quarter, but declined by 44,000 compared with a year ago. Meanwhile, CPI inflation fell from 3.6% in January to 3.4% in February.

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Secondary information

Type
Research briefing
Reference
RP12-13 
Subjects
Economic situation Economic growth Inflation National income Manufacturing industries Unemployment Consumer prices index
Published by
Economic Policy and Statistics Section
House of Commons Library
Link
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