How fast is UK the labour market slowing?

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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's labour market has been cooling in recent months, with rising unemployment, less hiring and fewer job ...

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Financial markets widely expect the BoE to raise interest rates next week to 5.5% from 5.25%, but are split over whether that will mark the end of a tightening cycle which began in December 2021.Britain's unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in the three months to July, up from 4.2% in the second quarter and 3.5% in August 2022 - its lowest in nearly 50 years.

"This is the clearest sign yet that the Bank of England's rate rising cycle is starting to cool the jobs market," she said. However, the number of vacancies is still more than 20% higher than before the pandemic, and there remain fewer unemployed people per vacancy than any time in 2020 or earlier.

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