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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 17 April 2018

UK Unemployment Rate 17 April 2018: 4.2% for February 2018, below the 4.3% forecast and down from 4.3% in January 2018. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Tue 17 Apr 2018 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
4.2%
February 2018
Forecast
4.3%
The market consensus
Previous
4.3%
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 April 2018: 4.2% for February 2018 against a 4.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Apr 2018Feb4.2%4.3%4.3%
21 Mar 2018Jan4.3%4.4%4.4%
21 Feb 2018Dec4.4%4.3%4.3%
24 Jan 2018Nov4.3%4.3%4.3%
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%
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