Office for National Statistics announced the UK unemployment rate in June on 2025-07-17. The reported figure stands at 4.54%, with the prior figure recorded as 4.50%.
Regarding the UK unemployment rate in June, Actual value > Forecast value = Bearish for the Pound, The unemployment rate refers to the ratio of unemployed individuals to the labor force (the number of unemployed individuals who are willing to work but still do not have jobs within a certain period of total employed individuals). It aims to measure idle labor capacity and is a key indicator reflecting the unemployment situation in a country or region. The unemployment rate is viewed as an indicator of the overall economic condition, and it is one of the first economic data released each month. Therefore, forex traders and researchers like to use the unemployment rate to predict other related indicators such as industrial production, personal income, and even new housing construction. An increase in the unemployment rate is bearish for the British pound.
This data holds an importance level of , calculated using The ratio of unemployed people to the total labor force, the official unemployment rate and the ILO unemployment rate, and updates monthly. The next release is set for 2025-08-12 14:00:00.
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