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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 14 December 2021

UK Unemployment Rate 14 December 2021: 4.2% for October 2021, in line with the forecast and down from 4.3% in September 2021. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It was released on Tue 14 Dec 2021 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
4.2%
October 2021
Forecast
4.2%
The market consensus
Previous
4.3%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: Sterling usually moves little unless the wage or employment details in the same report surprise.

UK Unemployment Rate 14 December 2021: 4.2% for October 2021 against a 4.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
14 Dec 2021Oct4.2%4.2%4.3%
16 Nov 2021Sep4.3%4.4%4.5%
12 Oct 2021Aug4.5%4.5%4.6%
14 Sep 2021Jul4.6%4.6%4.7%
17 Aug 2021Jun4.7%4.8%4.8%
15 Jul 2021May4.8%4.7%4.7%
15 Jun 2021Apr4.7%4.7%4.8%
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%
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