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UK Unemployment Rate

UK Unemployment Rate 18 February 2025

UK Unemployment Rate 18 February 2025: 4.4% for December 2024, below the 4.5% forecast and unchanged from 4.4% in November 2024. 3 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 18 Feb 2025 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
4.4%
December 2024
Forecast
4.5%
The market consensus
Previous
4.4%
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 18 February 2025: 4.4% for December 2024 against a 4.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Feb 2025Dec4.4%4.5%4.4%
21 Jan 2025Nov4.4%4.3%4.3%
17 Dec 2024Oct4.3%4.3%4.3%
12 Nov 2024Sep4.3%4.1%4%
15 Oct 2024Aug4%4.1%4.1%
10 Sep 2024Jul4.1%4.1%4.2%
13 Aug 2024Jun4.2%4.5%4.4%
18 Jul 2024May4.4%4.4%4.4%
11 Jun 2024Apr4.4%4.3%4.3%
14 May 2024Mar4.3%4.3%4.2%
16 Apr 2024Feb4.2%4%4.0%
12 Mar 2024Jan3.9%3.8%3.8%
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