Number of Young People Out of Work Jumps to Highest Since Pandemic.

The percentage of all young people not in education, employment or training, known as NEETs, fell to 0.6% below pre-pandemic levels. ALLTOP, BON, BUSINESS, COS, EUROPE, EURTOP, GLOBALMACR, GOV, MARKETS, UK, WORLD, WWTOP, WWTOPEU Keywords: ALLTOP; BON; BUSINESS; COS; EUROPE; EURTOP; GLOBALMACR; GOV; MARKETS; UK; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPEU EN ALLTOP BON BUSINESS COS EUROPE EURTOP GLOBALMACR GOV MARKETS UK WORLD WWTOP WWTOPEU RH5×3IT0AFB4 (Bloomberg) -- The number of young adults not working or looking for a job rose to the highest since the start of the pandemic, adding to strains on the labor market that have been pushing up wages, The number of people aged 18 to 24 that are classed as economically inactive rose by 118,000 from a year ago to 447,000 in the second quarter, the Office for National Statistics said Thursday. [Extracted from the article]

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