one reason for the fall in the unemployment rate is a rise in the number of people who are no longer looking for work, and so not counted in the figure. they are called in active stop. chris gray is director of manpowergroup uk. the unemployment number for august, what are we likely to see? , ., ., ., , see? good morning, it is pointing see? good morning, it is pointing to see? good morning, it is pointing to a see? good morning, it is pointing to a loosening l see? good morning, it is- pointing to a loosening labour market, but it s still quite tight, my anticipation of the unemployment number is that it will probably remain about the same and go up a little bit as you mentioned earlier, we are expecting a downward trend on vacancies, real pay will still continue to be squeezed, what s interesting with the real pay period, which runs from in this