Sentences with phrase «unemployment claims figure»

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His claim that unemployment will fall rather than rise in the course of this Parliament is based on the OBR assessment, rapidly rushed out to give ammunition to contest the anticipated Harman attack (incidentally providing the first suspicions about the OBR's objectivity), that whilst 600,000 public sector jobs will be lost by 2015 - 6 and a similar figure (though unspecified) in the private sector as a result of the public spending cuts, some 2.5 m jobs will be created over the same period in the private sector.

Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman claimed the Liberal Democrats were making no difference in the coalition government as she challenged the deputy prime minister over unemployment figures.

Labour's deputy leader claimed the Liberal Democrats were making no difference in the coalition government as she challenged the deputy prime minister over unemployment figures.

Overall, my impression is that the near - term dynamics of the market are likely to be dominated by this sort of speculative trend following activity - primarily because it will probably still take another 4 - 8 weeks until sensitive coincident economic measures (such as ISM figures and new claims for unemployment) begin to predictably reflect the deterioration we've seen in various composites of leading indicators.

Leicester has the largest economy in the East Midlands but despite this, the rate of those claiming benefits is significantly high, figures showing it sits 25 % above the national average indicating high unemployment rates and those in employment working lower paid jobs.