move away and go away as quickly as possible. and with widespread supply chain difficulties, too, there are concerns about the strength of the post lockdown recovery. faisal islam, bbc news. there are 51 days left until christmas. after last year s was all but cancelled, retailers are hoping for better business over the next few weeks. there have been warnings about possible supply shortages with shoppers urged to buy their presents early. and today two of the big hitters john lewis and marks and spencer released their christmas ads to try to boost business. here s our business correspondent emma simpson. # i only knew you. you know christmas is coming when thejohn lewis ad hits the screen. a heart warming tale of a space traveller crash landing on earth. today, a blizzard of blockbuster ads. last christmas was a wash out, thanks to covid 19. retailers hope we ll celebrate in style this time. we are ready.
in wages that we re paying. the government said it wants a high wage, higher skill economy. at the moment, there is only evidence of the first part of that. one very encouraging aspect of today s release was the low level of redundancy notices firms are issuing. elaine fears that the end of the furlough scheme at the end of september would trigger an immediate rise injob losses. the government will argue that means the furlough scheme was £70 billion well spent. the world s finance ministers are meeting in washington this week. the international monetary fund has warned that that the global economic recovery from the pandemic is weakening. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam is there. so, more difficult times ahead? the ost so, more difficult times ahead? tie: post lockdown recovery is getting messy. that is the message of this important meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors. it s important to note that compared to this time last year
they see them. tell us more about the prospects as they see them- they see them. hello. the post lockdown recovery they see them. hello. the post lockdown recovery is they see them. hello. the post lockdown recovery is getting i they see them. hello. the post - lockdown recovery is getting messy, thatis lockdown recovery is getting messy, that is the message from this important meeting of central bank governors and the world s finance ministers in washington. 0f governors and the world s finance ministers in washington. of course the situation right now is better than it was a year ago in the depth of the pandemic. you can see it in the growth numbers and the jobs numbers, but the good news is not evenly spread around the world. developing countries, particularly those that cannot get their hands on enough vaccine, they are particularly at risk. we have that situation notjust in developing countries, but in more advanced economies as well and the imf is warning them to be very vig