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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 19 May 2020

UK Unemployment Rate 19 May 2020: 3.9% for March 2020, below the 4.4% forecast and down from 4% in February 2020. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 19 May 2020 at 06:00 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%
March 2020
Forecast
4.4%
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 May 2020: 3.9% for March 2020 against a 4.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 May 2020Mar3.9%4.4%4%
21 Apr 2020Feb4%3.9%3.9%
17 Mar 2020Jan3.9%3.8%3.8%
18 Feb 2020Dec3.8%3.8%3.8%
21 Jan 2020Nov3.8%3.8%3.8%
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%
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