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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 13 November 2018

UK Unemployment Rate 13 November 2018: 4.1% for September 2018, above the 4% forecast and up from 4% in August 2018. It is the highest reading since May 2018. 3 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Tue 13 Nov 2018 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
4.1%
September 2018
Forecast
4%
The market consensus
Previous
4%
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 November 2018: 4.1% for September 2018 against a 4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
13 Nov 2018Sep4.1%4%4%
16 Oct 2018Aug4%4%4%
11 Sep 2018Jul4%4%4%
14 Aug 2018Jun4%4.2%4.2%
17 Jul 2018May4.2%4.2%4.2%
12 Jun 2018Apr4.2%4.2%4.2%
15 May 2018Mar4.2%4.2%4.2%
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%
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