UK's 軟化するing 労働 market 'must 弱める' 消費者 需要・要求する -Next boss
LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A 軟化するing 雇用 market in Britain "must 弱める" 消費者 需要・要求する in 2024/25, the boss of 着せる／賦与するing retailer Next, said on Thursday.
"I'm not going to try and 予報する 正確に／まさに what 影響 (a) 軟化するing 雇用 market will have on 需要・要求する, all we can say is one way or another it must 弱める it," CEO Simon Wolfson told Reuters after the group 報告（する）／憶測d first half results.
公式の／役人 data published last week showed the UK 失業率 rose, the number of people in work fell はっきりと and vacancies dipped below 1 million for the first time in two years.
While Wolfson said he was 確信して inflationary headwinds would continue to 緩和する, 利益ing both Next's costs and the money in 消費者s' pockets, he said it was important to recognise that next year "won't be all plain sailing."
"What the balance will be between people feeling いっそう少なく 圧力 on their incomes and いっそう少なく 雇用 適切な時期s and いっそう少なく インフレーション on things that are competing with 着せる／賦与するing, it's impossible for us to say," he said.
"All we can say is it's not universally 肯定的な." (報告（する）／憶測ing by James Davey; Editing by Kate Holton and Sarah Young)
