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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 19 March 2019

UK Unemployment Rate 19 March 2019: 3.9% for January 2019, below the 4% forecast and down from 4% in December 2018. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 19 Mar 2019 at 09:20 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
3.9%
January 2019
Forecast
4%
The market consensus
Previous
4%
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 19 March 2019: 3.9% for January 2019 against a 4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Mar 2019Jan3.9%4%4%
19 Feb 2019Dec4%4%4%
22 Jan 2019Nov4%4.1%4.1%
11 Dec 2018Oct4.1%4.1%4.1%
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%
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