[Rise in unemployment less than expected]

The article talks about that unemployment didn't rise as much economist thought it could be.
Unemployment didn't increase much in September, having the smallest amount of people applying for jobless benefit. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) say that "the claimant count rose by 20.800 in September, below economists' expectations of a 24.500 rise". This means that this is the highest number of unemployment since 1997, with 1.6268 million people out of work and applying to the jobless benefit.
Also the International Labour Organization (ILO) released their statistics about unemployment, saying that the existent breach of 2.5 million mark didn't rose as much as was expected, it only increased by 88.000 in the three months to August with a total of 2.469 people out of work, which means that there's 7.9% of unemployment.
Despite the recession that the whole world is living, economists said that they're optimistic about a falling in the unemployment number and the claiming for jobless benefit, but on the other hand people of BNP Paribas "warned that the economy will continue to shed jobs until the economy is growing back at potential or above, and that's still some way off".
On another front, there's a concern about youth unemployment hits the one million mark, so the charities called for more action to help this economic sector. "Every one of those unemployed is a real person with real talents that can make a difference to this country" said Martin Milburn, chief executive of the Prince's Trust.
Finally, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) said that men have been more affected by unemployment than women, and specially back men. Also, the ONS reported that the salary that people receive on their jobs has also been affected, only rising 1.9% compared with a year ago.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/14/unemployment-rise-lower-than-expected