easing what was a chronic recruitment shortage. the latest data forjuly suggests employees average pay is no longer rising quite as fast as it was in the previous figures. signs perhaps that it is slightly easier to get the staff and slightly harder to find work. andyjoins me now in the studio. you were talking at the end of your report about the number of long term sick. what are the indications of that? it long-term sick. what are the indications of that? long-term sick. what are the indications of that? it has serious economic implications, indications of that? it has serious economic implications, ben. - indications of that? it has serious economic implications, ben. the | economic implications, ben. the reasons being that there aren t enough people to do all the work thatis enough people to do all the work that is out there. in other words, the supply of workers doesn t meet demand. the bank of england was expecting the supply of workers to come back up after the pandemic to me