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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 14 September 2016

UK Unemployment Rate 14 September 2016: 4.9% for July 2016, in line with the forecast and unchanged from 4.9% in June 2016. It was released on Wed 14 Sep 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%
July 2016
Forecast
4.9%
The market consensus
Previous
4.9%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: Sterling usually moves little unless the wage or employment details in the same report surprise.

UK Unemployment Rate 14 September 2016: 4.9% for July 2016 against a 4.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
14 Sep 2016Jul4.9%4.9%4.9%
17 Aug 2016Jun4.9%4.9%4.9%
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%
The release before:UK Unemployment Rate 17 August 2016The release after:UK Unemployment Rate 19 October 2016UK Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar