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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 18 May 2021

UK Unemployment Rate 18 May 2021: 4.8% for March 2021, below the 4.9% forecast and down from 4.9% in February 2021. It is the lowest reading since September 2020. It is the third release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Tue 18 May 2021 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
4.8%
March 2021
Forecast
4.9%
The market consensus
Previous
4.9%
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 18 May 2021: 4.8% for March 2021 against a 4.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 May 2021Mar4.8%4.9%4.9%
20 Apr 2021Feb4.9%5.1%5%
23 Mar 2021Jan5%5.2%5.1%
23 Feb 2021Dec5.1%5.1%5%
26 Jan 2021Nov5%5.1%4.9%
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%
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