Welcome to Wednesday, where NGO workers are killed in Afghanistan, two are arrested after the French president is slapped in the face, and a 61-foot-long scroll makes a splash in China. Le Monde al.
Ian Stewart, Deloitte s Chief Economist in the UK, believes the job market has surpassed resiliency estimates as the OBR now predicts an unemployment peak of 6.5% from the pandemic, down from the 12% forecasted last year.
Among the many unusual features of the COVID-driven recession, perhaps the most striking is the resilience of the jobs markets. Unemployment rates have risen, but far less than had been feared based on the experience of recent recessions, stated Ian Stewart, Deloitte’s Chief Economist in the UK. As part of the Big Four firm’s weekly insight, Stewart unpicked what the surprising unemployment data means for the UK job market and how different age groups, sectors and nationalities are affected.
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True brew: the beer tapping into the booze-free boom
For a long time everyone agreed: low-alcohol beer tasted terrible. But rising sales are turning that assumption on its head – and riding the new sobriety movement in the process.
June 4, 2021
Drinks writer Mike Bennie likens the growing popularity in non-alcoholic drinks to choosing free-range over cage-farm eggs at the supermarket.
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Last summer, frustrated with my fluctuating schedule as a freelance writer, I got a job at my local wine store. This isn’t any workhorse corner bottle-o; Blackhearts & Sparrows in Melbourne’s Collingwood