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
Dec 2007
-6.4 K
Nov 2007
-11.1 K
Oct 2007
10.6 K
Sep 2007
-12.8 K
Aug 2007
-4.2 K
Jul 2007
-6.7 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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