Chart of the Day: Unfilled Vacancies

Wednesday, April 02, 2008
by Geoff Riley

The seasonally adjusted number of unfilled vacancies in the UK economy has grown steadily over the last two years from just under 590,000 to a new high of 680,000. What might this figure be telling us?

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Posted to A2 Macro • AS Macro • Labour Market • Unemployment
Tags: unemployment, employment, labour immobility, vacancies, skills gap
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