Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: One of the problems with the ONS' realisation that labour force survey data is based ...
One of the problems with the ONS' realisation that labour force survey data is based on too narrow a statistical base (prompting the current period of revisions in method), is not just BoE #interestrate decisions may have been partly based on a distorted view of the labour market, but also that the prevailing narrative of the UK's difficulties with long term sickness may have been built on a foundation of inaccurate evidence...
It'll be interesting to see what emerges from ONS 'new' evidence
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