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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 20 July 2016

UK Unemployment Rate 20 July 2016: 4.9% for May 2016, below the 5% forecast and down from 5% in April 2016. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Wed 20 Jul 2016 at 08:30 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
4.9%
May 2016
Forecast
5%
The market consensus
Previous
5%
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 20 July 2016: 4.9% for May 2016 against a 5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Jul 2016May4.9%5%5%
15 Jun 2016Apr5%5.1%5.1%
18 May 2016Mar5.1%5.1%5.1%
20 Apr 2016Feb5.1%5.1%5.1%
16 Mar 2016Jan5.1%5.1%5.1%
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%
The release before:UK Unemployment Rate 15 June 2016The release after:UK Unemployment Rate 17 August 2016UK Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar