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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 15 December 2020

UK Unemployment Rate 15 December 2020: 4.9% for October 2020, below the 5.1% forecast and up from 4.8% in September 2020. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 15 Dec 2020 at 07:00 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
4.9%
October 2020
Forecast
5.1%
The market consensus
Previous
4.8%
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 15 December 2020: 4.9% for October 2020 against a 5.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
15 Dec 2020Oct4.9%5.1%4.8%
10 Nov 2020Sep4.8%4.8%4.5%
13 Oct 2020Aug4.5%4.3%4.1%
15 Sep 2020Jul4.1%4.1%3.9%
11 Aug 2020Jun3.9%4.2%3.9%
16 Jul 2020May3.9%4.2%3.9%
16 Jun 2020Apr3.9%4.7%3.9%
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%
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