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Page A20 UNEMPLOYMENT SKYROCKETS Unemployment in New York State has posted its fastest rise on record last month, as some companies have laid off workers and others have refrained from meeting usual hiring levels over the holidays.
The benign climate is evident throughout all sectors of British industry, from metals to electronics to cars, and booming business is translating into a sharp increase in both hiring levels and investment, according to the EEF survey.
Companies like Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, which offer accounting and other business advisory services, as well as management consulting firms like Bain & Company, have returned to peak hiring levels.
Employment numbers are a lagging economic indicator, and the steady increase in hiring levels over the past year in the U.K. corresponds to economic growth over the same period.
What's more, after tackling the recession, economic uncertainty and (now) labor shortages, most companies haven't returned to pre-recession hiring levels.
"While housing starts declined in May, home builders are clearly anticipating one of their best years as reflected in hiring levels unmatched since the housing boom of the early 1970s," according to Lee Van Leeuwen, managing partner of Korn/Ferry's Los Angeles-based National Real Estate Division.
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