1. 1.5 The United Kingdom has gone through a severe recession in the past eight years. In particular, according to the United Kingdom’s Office of National Statistics, the country’s GDP decreased from the last quarter of 2008 until the third quarter of 2010. From then on (that is, until the second quarter of 2015), the UK’s GDP growth has been positive. Looking at unemployment data from the same source (www.ons.gov.uk), how would you say the recession has affected unemployment in that country? Did recovery from the crisis in the second half of 2010 immediately translate into a drop in the unemployment rate?

Why (not)?