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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 17 February 2016

UK Unemployment Rate 17 February 2016: 5.1% for December 2015, above the 5% forecast and unchanged from 5.1% in November 2015. 3 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Wed 17 Feb 2016 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
5.1%
December 2015
Forecast
5%
The market consensus
Previous
5.1%
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 17 February 2016: 5.1% for December 2015 against a 5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Feb 2016Dec5.1%5%5.1%
20 Jan 2016Nov5.1%5.2%5.2%
16 Dec 2015Oct5.2%5.3%5.3%
11 Nov 2015Sep5.3%5.4%5.4%
14 Oct 2015Aug5.4%5.5%5.5%
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%
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