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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 15 November 2022

UK Unemployment Rate 15 November 2022: 3.6% for September 2022, above the 3.5% forecast and up from 3.5% in August 2022. 2 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Tue 15 Nov 2022 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
3.6%
September 2022
Forecast
3.5%
The market consensus
Previous
3.5%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A higher unemployment rate than forecast can weigh on sterling as markets see a looser labour market and greater scope for BoE cuts.

UK Unemployment Rate 15 November 2022: 3.6% for September 2022 against a 3.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
15 Nov 2022Sep3.6%3.5%3.5%
11 Oct 2022Aug3.5%3.6%3.6%
13 Sep 2022Jul3.6%3.8%3.8%
16 Aug 2022Jun3.8%3.8%3.8%
19 Jul 2022May3.8%3.9%3.8%
14 Jun 2022Apr3.8%3.6%3.7%
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%
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