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Less than two weeks after Rachel Reeves announced the Autumn Budget that is set to put the U.K. economy on a different path, data points towards a substantial labor market slowdown as hiring freezes. Even as GDP growth has outperformed expectations this year, job growth has come to a standstill. And the decision to increase employers’ national insurance contribution (NI) together with yet another big hike in the minimum wage will weigh on companies’ hiring decisions throughout next year. The labor market data should worry both the Labour government and the Bank of England (BoE). It is becoming evident that