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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 14 March 2023

UK Unemployment Rate 14 March 2023: 3.7% for January 2023, below the 3.8% forecast and unchanged from 3.7% in December 2022. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 14 Mar 2023 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
3.7%
January 2023
Forecast
3.8%
The market consensus
Previous
3.7%
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 14 March 2023: 3.7% for January 2023 against a 3.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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UK Unemployment Rate 14 March 2023: 3.7% vs 3.8% forecast (Office for National Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/uk-unemployment/2023-03-14

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
14 Mar 2023Jan3.7%3.8%3.7%
14 Feb 2023Dec3.7%3.7%3.7%
17 Jan 2023Nov3.7%3.7%3.7%
13 Dec 2022Oct3.7%3.7%3.6%
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%
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