Curious. The ONS may have overestimated no. of economically inactive:
“response to the Labour Force Survey have collapsed from 39% in 2019 to 13% last year.
“workers may be less likely to respond than the economically inactive”
Other data supports this view.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/20/ons-may-have-lost-a-million-workers-from-job-figures-since-pandemic?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
“response to the Labour Force Survey have collapsed from 39% in 2019 to 13% last year.
“workers may be less likely to respond than the economically inactive”
Other data supports this view.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/20/ons-may-have-lost-a-million-workers-from-job-figures-since-pandemic?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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It wouldn’t be surprising if such a big fall in response rate did skew results in the way this report suggests.