Archive for Julho, 2009
From FT
Article from the Financial Times:
“In just 16 months, the US unemployment rate has doubled from 4.8 per cent to 9.5 per cent, a remarkable surge by virtually any modern-day metric. It is also likely that the 9.5 per cent rate understates the extent to which labour market conditions are deteriorating. Just witness the increasing number of companies asking employees to take unpaid leave.”
The new killer
Britain, it seems, has a new killer. As the number of swine flu casualties creeps up, each death is accompanied on the news by the “reassuring” information that the victim had other serious underlying health conditions. In other words not to worry; it wasn’t really swine flu that got them.
The message is obvious. Don’t fear swine flu, but stay clear of anyone with underlying health conditions.
Robert Shrimsley (Financial Times)
