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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 14 May 2024

UK Unemployment Rate 14 May 2024: 4.3% for March 2024, in line with the forecast and up from 4.2% in February 2024. It is the highest reading since July 2023. It was released on Tue 14 May 2024 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
4.3%
March 2024
Forecast
4.3%
The market consensus
Previous
4.2%
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 May 2024: 4.3% for March 2024 against a 4.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
14 May 2024Mar4.3%4.3%4.2%
16 Apr 2024Feb4.2%4%4.0%
12 Mar 2024Jan3.9%3.8%3.8%
13 Feb 2024Dec3.8%4%3.9%
16 Jan 2024Nov4.2%4.2%4.2%
12 Dec 2023Oct4.2%—4.2%
14 Nov 2023Sep4.2%4.3%4.2%
24 Oct 2023Aug4.2%——
12 Sep 2023Jul4.3%4.3%4.2%
15 Aug 2023Jun4.2%4%4%
11 Jul 2023May4%3.8%3.8%
13 Jun 2023Apr3.8%4%3.9%
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