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 2012
-12.1 K
Nov 2012
-8.9 K
Oct 2012
6.0 K
Sep 2012
0.8 K
Aug 2012
-14.2 K
Jul 2012
-13.6 K
Jun 2012
1.0 K
May 2012
6.9 K
Apr 2012
-13.7 K
Mar 2012
-5.4 K
Feb 2012
4.5 K
Jan 2012
7.0 K
Dec 2011
1.9 K
Nov 2011
0.2 K
Oct 2011
2.5 K
Sep 2011
13.4 K
Aug 2011
19.1 K
Jul 2011
33.7 K
Jun 2011
31.3 K
May 2011
22.5 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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