United Kingdom Claimant Count Change

Country: United Kingdom, GBP
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Last release
Actual
26.5 K
Forecast
10.9 K
Previous
5.0 K
Next release
Actual
Coming in 61 days
Forecast
23.2 K
Previous
26.5 K
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Apr 2011
16.9 K
Mar 2011
-8.5 K
Feb 2011
-10.2 K
Jan 2011
1.5 K
Dec 2010
-3.4 K
Nov 2010
-3.2 K
Oct 2010
-5.2 K
Sep 2010
1.3 K
Aug 2010
3.8 K
Jul 2010
-1.0 K
Jun 2010
-15.9 K
May 2010
-31.1 K
Apr 2010
-32.0 K
Mar 2010
-32.7 K
Feb 2010
-40.1 K
Jan 2010
16.2 K
Dec 2009
-18.8 K
Nov 2009
-8.4 K
Oct 2009
10.6 K
Sep 2009
15.4 K

Claimant Count Change presents the change in the number of people claiming unemployment benefits during the given month.

An increase in the claimant count is an indication of weakness in the labor narket and can have a negative effect on the GDP quotes.

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