MoneySupply: Jobs growth is not just a London thing

In an FT.com column today, I highlighted the surprising strength of the UK labour market outside London. This is important, for if London was dominant and overheating, monetary policy might have to tighten too late for London, but too early for the rest of the UK. Fortunately, this is not the case.

But one of the limitations of a column is that, short of boring people to death with written numbers, it is difficult to demonstrate the evidence fully. So here is a chart-based version of the same argument.