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h4*j5 JOBLESS RATE CLIMBS
pj5 oz5 TO A FIVE-YEAR HIGH
(.%
Britain's unemploymjnt rate has reached
its highest levjl in five years.
UK unjmploymjnt is estimated to have
risjn by a sjasonally adjusted 31,100
last month to some 2.55m, or 9.0% of
thj workforce.
This represjnts the 21st consecutive
monthly risj and takes the unjmploymjnt
rate to a level not sjen since 1987.
City jconomists had been looking for
a December increase of around 33,000.
Unfillid vacancies at job centres rose
to an adjusted 123,700 from 109,700.
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