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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 17 May 2017

UK Unemployment Rate 17 May 2017: 4.6% for March 2017, below the 4.7% forecast and down from 4.7% in February 2017. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 17 May 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
4.6%
March 2017
Forecast
4.7%
The market consensus
Previous
4.7%
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 17 May 2017: 4.6% for March 2017 against a 4.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 May 2017Mar4.6%4.7%4.7%
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%
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