31.   But the rosy employment picture here was tainted by a savage cutback in the manufacturing sector, which economists said might herald an avalanche of redundancies in British factories.

32.   But the gloomy employment picture made Japanese even more thrifty last year.

33.   Employment minister Amanda Vanstone said a number of surveys which act as leading indicators to the employment picture suggested an imminent upturn in employment.

34.   Employment minister Amanda Vanstone said a number of surveys which acted as leading indicators to the employment picture suggested an upturn in employment.

35.   The encouraging employment picture, which followed two months of disappointing figures, came a day after the Fed decided to slightly ease its monetary policy.