While employment fell sharply again in September it should rise strongly across Q4 as economic activity gets back to near normal now that most restrictions have been lifted. Meanwhile, the sharp fall in industrial production due to a plunge in car production in September suggests that GDP may have contracted in Q3, though manufacturing output is set to rebound strongly in Q4.
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