Мне казалось, что там кризис начался?
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=12
Цитата:
The number of job vacancies has fallen. Growth in average earnings, both excluding and including bonuses, has fallen.
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Most sectors showed falls in vacancies over the quarter with the largest falls occurring in ... finance and business services (down 9,000).
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=192
Цитата:
UK economy rose by 0.2% in Q2 2008
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2008, compared with 0.3 per cent in the previous quarter. Weaker construction and production output drove the deceleration in growth, which was partially offset by increased growth in the service industries.
Негусто, если сравнить с
http://www.lse.co.uk/MacroEconomicNe...ear_-_ministry:
Цитата:
...Unemployment in Austria fell for the 29th month in July to 4.1 percent, according to the latest data from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour.
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In a comparison of unemployment across the European Union, only Denmark, Netherlands and Cyprus have lower unemployment, while with 4.1 percent, Austria ties for fourth place with Estonia and Luxembourg, according to information provided by Eurostat.
Ср. также
http://www.oenb.at/isaweb/report.do?&lang=EN&report=7.7: налицо стабильный рост на уровне 3% из года в год.