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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 16 September 2015

UK Unemployment Rate 16 September 2015: 5.5% for July 2015, below the 5.6% forecast and down from 5.6% in June 2015. It is the lowest reading since April 2015. 3 of the last 9 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 16 Sep 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
5.5%
July 2015
Forecast
5.6%
The market consensus
Previous
5.6%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A lower rate can support sterling if it signals a tight jobs market and continued wage pressure.

UK Unemployment Rate 16 September 2015: 5.5% for July 2015 against a 5.6% forecast, with the last 9 releases
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The last 9 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Sep 2015Jul5.5%5.6%5.6%
12 Aug 2015Jun5.6%5.6%5.6%
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 12 August 2015The release after:UK Unemployment Rate 14 October 2015UK Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar