the ons also said that 843,000 working days were lost to strike action in december, which was the highest number since november 2011. our business reporter peter ruddick has more on this. peter, tell us a little more about what these new figures from the office for national statistics suggest? i office for national statistics su . . est? ~ office for national statistics su: est? ~ , office for national statistics su. rest? ~ , .., ., suggest? i think they confirm how comlex suggest? i think they confirm how complex and suggest? i think they confirm how complex and precarious suggest? i think they confirm how complex and precarious the - suggest? i think they confirm how| complex and precarious the labour market and in turn the uk economy is at the moment. on pay, the strongest growth in wages seen outside of the pandemic, but when you factor in price rises, inflation, regular pay actually fell by 2.5% and the gap between public and private sector pay continued, exposing the continu
to keep up with inflation. the ons also said that 843,000 working days were lost to strike action in december, which was the highest number since november 2011. joining us now is huw dixon, he is a professor of economics at cardiff university. thank you forjoining us. when you look at these figures and you look at the headlines, what do you make of it? . at the headlines, what do you make ofit? ,,., at the headlines, what do you make ofit? ., , of it? pay gross is starting to rise to tuite of it? pay gross is starting to rise to quite high of it? pay gross is starting to rise to quite high levels, of it? pay gross is starting to rise to quite high levels, 6.7%, i of it? pay gross is starting to rise to quite high levels, 6.7%, it- to quite high levels, 6.7%, it still, as the previous peak was singh, it still below the light of inflation which is 10.5%. it s a very heterogenous picture as well because in the private sector it is 7.3%, in the public sector it is lower at li.2%, some
important ones. boosters, important. people should get them. what is most important is to get those first vaccinations. that s that s more important. so this data, the reason why we care about this data, israel started a robust booster program back in august, way before a lot of other places did. in addition, israel has a centralized national health service and they re great at keeping data. their data is quite meaningful. let s look at one of their findings. they looked at more than 843,000 people, some of whom received a booster and some of them didn t and this part is really important. they were age 50 and older. most of the booster data we have seen has been 60 and older or 65 and older. so to have that younger age is really important. so those who got two doses, just the two doses, they had 2.98 deaths per 100,000 person days. don t get too focused on person days, it is a unit of measurement. 2.8 deaths, those who got the 3
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