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
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Forecast
5.0%
Previous
5.0%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Jul 2014
6.2%
Jun 2014
6.4%
May 2014
6.5%
Apr 2014
6.6%
Mar 2014
6.8%
Feb 2014
6.9%
Jan 2014
7.1%
Dec 2013
7.2%
Nov 2013
7.1%
Oct 2013
7.4%
Sep 2013
7.6%
Aug 2013
7.7%
Jul 2013
7.7%
Jun 2013
7.8%
May 2013
7.8%
Apr 2013
7.8%
Mar 2013
7.8%
Feb 2013
7.9%
Jan 2013
7.8%
Dec 2012
7.8%

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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