Deutsche Bank's Sanjay Raja says latest UK jobs data show the labor market remains fragile but is beginning to stabilize. Unemployment held at a relatively high 4.9% and payroll employment fell again. Vacancy metrics improved: job adverts rose for th

2026-07-21

Deutsche Bank's Sanjay Raja says latest UK jobs data show the labor market remains fragile but is beginning to stabilize. Unemployment held at a relatively high 4.9% and payroll employment fell again. Vacancy metrics improved: job adverts rose for the first time since December and redundancies in the three months to May fell to 108k, the lowest since July last year. Raja says a Bank of England survey indicates employers plan to keep headcount broadly unchanged; slower wage growth should reassure the BoE as it seeks disinflation toward target.