While the overall economic picture looks relatively benign, deep structural problems remain
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Britain’s labour market is cooling, with annual earnings growth easing markedly and the number of job vacancies falling for a 25th month in a row.
Or is it? The number of people in work climbed by almost 100,000 in the three months to June while the jobless rate fell from 4.4% to 4.2%.
