The shock rise in UK unemployment in October cannot be dismissed by the usual warnings about not going by one month’s figures. The size of the jump may be exceptionally large, but it marks an accentuation of a trend that has been evident since April. Previously surprise had been expressed at how modest an effect the sluggishness of the economy had had on unemployment. That surprise is rapidly disappearing.
英國10月份失業率的意外上升不能因爲通常所說的「不能僅憑一個月的數據就妄下定論」就不被當回事。當月的失業率升幅也許高得有些異常,但它表明一種自4月份以來便顯而易見的趨勢如今已是更加明顯。之前人們曾驚訝於經濟的不振對於失業率的影響竟是如此溫和。現在,這種驚訝的情緒正在迅速消失。
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