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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 15 July 2015

UK Unemployment Rate 15 July 2015: 5.6% for May 2015, above the 5.5% forecast and up from 5.5% in April 2015. It is the highest reading since February 2015. 2 of the last 7 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Wed 15 Jul 2015 at 09:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Office for National Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
5.6%
May 2015
Forecast
5.5%
The market consensus
Previous
5.5%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A higher unemployment rate than forecast can weigh on sterling as markets see a looser labour market and greater scope for BoE cuts.

UK Unemployment Rate 15 July 2015: 5.6% for May 2015 against a 5.5% forecast, with the last 7 releases
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The last 7 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
15 Jul 2015May5.6%5.5%5.5%
17 Jun 2015Apr5.5%5.5%5.5%
13 May 2015Mar5.5%5.5%5.6%
17 Apr 2015Feb5.6%5.6%5.7%
18 Mar 2015Jan5.7%5.6%5.7%
18 Feb 2015Dec5.7%5.8%5.8%
21 Jan 2015Nov5.8%5.9%6%
The release before:UK Unemployment Rate 17 June 2015The release after:UK Unemployment Rate 12 August 2015UK Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar