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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 13 December 2017

UK Unemployment Rate 13 December 2017: 4.3% for October 2017, above the 4.2% forecast and unchanged from 4.3% in September 2017. 1 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Wed 13 Dec 2017 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
4.3%
October 2017
Forecast
4.2%
The market consensus
Previous
4.3%
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 13 December 2017: 4.3% for October 2017 against a 4.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
13 Dec 2017Oct4.3%4.2%4.3%
15 Nov 2017Sep4.3%4.3%4.3%
18 Oct 2017Aug4.3%4.3%4.3%
13 Sep 2017Jul4.3%4.4%4.4%
16 Aug 2017Jun4.4%4.5%4.5%
12 Jul 2017May4.5%4.6%4.6%
14 Jun 2017Apr4.6%4.6%4.6%
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%
The release before:UK Unemployment Rate 15 November 2017The release after:UK Unemployment Rate 24 January 2018UK Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar