Meanwhile, episodes of market manipulation and collusion also put the spotlight on  the presumed integrity of well-established statistical indicators.
The growth and expansion of economic capacity that took place over the last few years tended to favour capital intensive sectors rather than labour intensive ones. Unemployment continues to grow despite a prospective economy. Lately, we have also observed the exacerbation of poverty. Graphs 5 and 6 provide an illustration of the paradox of growth phenomenon.