United Kingdom Unemployment Rate

Country: United Kingdom, GBP
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Labor
Last release
Actual
5.0%
Forecast
4.9%
Previous
4.9%
Next release
Actual
Coming in 18:31:03
Forecast
5.0%
Previous
5.0%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Mar 2011
7.7%
Feb 2011
7.8%
Jan 2011
8.0%
Dec 2010
7.9%
Nov 2010
7.9%
Oct 2010
7.9%
Sep 2010
7.8%
Aug 2010
7.7%
Jul 2010
7.8%
Jun 2010
7.8%
May 2010
7.8%
Apr 2010
8.0%
Mar 2010
8.0%
Feb 2010
8.0%
Jan 2010
7.8%
Dec 2009
7.8%
Nov 2009
7.8%
Oct 2009
7.9%
Sep 2009
7.8%
Aug 2009
7.9%

Unemployment Rate reflects the share of currently unemployed residents among the total civilian labor force. Unemployed people are those at the age of 16 and older, without a job who have been actively seeking work in the past four weeks or are waiting to start work.

The indicator growth can have affect GBP quotes negatively.

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