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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 17 May 2022

UK Unemployment Rate 17 May 2022: 3.7% for March 2022, below the 3.8% forecast and down from 3.8% in February 2022. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 17 May 2022 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
3.7%
March 2022
Forecast
3.8%
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 May 2022: 3.7% for March 2022 against a 3.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 May 2022Mar3.7%3.8%3.8%
12 Apr 2022Feb3.8%3.8%3.9%
15 Mar 2022Jan3.9%4%4.1%
15 Feb 2022Dec4.1%4.1%4.1%
18 Jan 2022Nov4.1%4.2%4.2%
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%
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