Graham Charles Lear
1 min readNov 10, 2022

You need to get out more

Worried about your job? You would be twice as worried in the Eurozone

Worried about rising prices? It’s worse in the Eurozone

Worried about a recession? It’s worse in the Eurozone

Unemployment in the Eurozone remains stubbornly high, compared to the UK

Latest official figures for Sept 2022

The average unemployment rate in the UK: is 3.5% (the lowest for 48 years)

The average unemployment rate in the Eurozone: is 6.6%

[Sources: ONS (UK) and EU Commission (EU).]

Youth Unemployment is much lower in Brexit Britain

Average youth unemployment rate in the UK: 7.5% (and falling)

Average youth unemployment rate in the Eurozone: 14.6% (and rising)

[Sources: ONS (UK) and EU Commission (EU).]

Annual Consumer Price Inflation, Sept 2022 — the UK compared with the Eurozone

UK: 8.8%

Eurozone: 9.9%

[Sources: Office of National Statistics |

Eurostat ]

Economic Growth — the UK compared with the Eurozone

2021 — Actual figures

United Kingdom: 7.4%

Eurozone: 5.2%

2022 — IMF’s forecast for this year

United Kingdom: 3.6%

Eurozone: 3.1%

[Source: International Monetary Fund.]

Everything is far worse in the EU

You just dont bother to look and rely on

the The Guardian

Graham Charles Lear
Graham Charles Lear

Written by Graham Charles Lear

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