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
Nov 2012
7.7%
Oct 2012
7.8%
Sep 2012
7.8%
Aug 2012
7.9%
Jul 2012
8.1%
Jun 2012
8.0%
May 2012
8.1%
Apr 2012
8.2%
Mar 2012
8.2%
Feb 2012
8.3%
Jan 2012
8.4%
Dec 2011
8.4%
Nov 2011
8.4%
Oct 2011
8.3%
Sep 2011
8.3%
Aug 2011
8.1%
Jul 2011
7.9%
Jun 2011
7.9%
May 2011
7.7%
Apr 2011
7.7%

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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