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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 12 April 2017

UK Unemployment Rate 12 April 2017: 4.7% for February 2017, in line with the forecast and unchanged from 4.7% in January 2017. It was released on Wed 12 Apr 2017 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
4.7%
February 2017
Forecast
4.7%
The market consensus
Previous
4.7%
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 12 April 2017: 4.7% for February 2017 against a 4.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
12 Apr 2017Feb4.7%4.7%4.7%
15 Mar 2017Jan4.7%4.8%4.8%
15 Feb 2017Dec4.8%4.8%4.8%
18 Jan 2017Nov4.8%4.8%4.8%
14 Dec 2016Oct4.8%4.8%4.8%
16 Nov 2016Sep4.8%4.9%4.9%
19 Oct 2016Aug4.9%4.9%4.9%
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%
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