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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 17 December 2019

UK Unemployment Rate 17 December 2019: 3.8% for October 2019, below the 3.9% forecast and unchanged from 3.8% in September 2019. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Tue 17 Dec 2019 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
3.8%
October 2019
Forecast
3.9%
The market consensus
Previous
3.8%
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 December 2019: 3.8% for October 2019 against a 3.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Dec 2019Oct3.8%3.9%3.8%
12 Nov 2019Sep3.8%3.9%3.9%
15 Oct 2019Aug3.9%3.8%3.8%
10 Sep 2019Jul3.8%3.9%3.9%
13 Aug 2019Jun3.9%3.8%3.8%
16 Jul 2019May3.8%3.8%3.8%
11 Jun 2019Apr3.8%3.8%3.8%
14 May 2019Mar3.8%3.9%3.9%
16 Apr 2019Feb3.9%3.9%3.9%
19 Mar 2019Jan3.9%4%4%
19 Feb 2019Dec4%4%4%
22 Jan 2019Nov4%4.1%4.1%
The release before:UK Unemployment Rate 12 November 2019The release after:UK Unemployment Rate 21 January 2020UK Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar