United Kingdom Claimant Count Change

The number of people claiming for unemployment benefits in the United Kingdom went up by 28 thousand in July 2019, following a downwardly revised 31.4 thousand gain the previous month and below market expectations of a 32 thousand rise. Claimant Count Change in the United Kingdom averaged 1.08 Thousand from 1971 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 142.80 Thousand in February of 2009 and a record low of -98.50 Thousand in November of 1996.

Claimant Count Change in the United Kingdom is expected to be 24.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Claimant Count Change in the United Kingdom to stand at 19.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Claimant Count Change is projected to trend around 25.00 Thousand in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-05-14	08:30 AM	Claimant Count Change Apr	24.7K	22.6K	24.2K	25K
2019-06-11	08:30 AM	Claimant Count Change May	23.2K	19.1K	22.9K	21K
2019-07-16	08:30 AM	Claimant Count Change Jun	38K	24.5K	22.8K	15K
2019-08-13	08:30 AM	Claimant Count Change Jul	28K	31.4K	32K	12K
2019-09-10	08:30 AM	Claimant Count Change Aug		28K		16K
2019-10-15	08:30 AM	Claimant Count Change Sep				24K
2019-11-12	09:30 AM	Claimant Count Change Oct				27K

United Kingdom Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.90	3.80	12.00	3.40	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	32811.00	32749.00	32811.00	23630.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	1163.40	1135.50	3090.00	422.60	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	8704.00	8661.00	8704.00	5995.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	24107.00	24088.00	24149.00	19136.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	76.10	76.00	76.10	65.60	percent	[+]
Claimant Count Change	28.00	31.40	142.80	-98.50	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	79.30	79.10	79.30	74.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.00	1.00	4.30	0.90	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.30	11.00	22.30	9.70	percent	[+]
Productivity	100.90	101.10	101.80	43.10	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	105.50	105.60	105.60	20.70	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	820.00	824.00	861.00	432.00	Thousand	[+]
Wages	538.00	536.00	538.00	300.00	GBP/Week	[+]
Wage Growth	3.70	3.50	6.60	-2.60	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	612.00	613.00	615.00	356.00	GBP/Week	[+]
Minimum Wages	8.21	7.83	8.21	5.05	GBP/Hour	[+]
Population	66.19	65.81	66.19	52.20	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.50	65.00	65.50	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.50	65.00	65.50	65.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	1300.00	1230.00	1300.00	1180.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	895.00	850.00	900.00	785.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	2330.00	2110.00	2460.00	2110.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1320.00	1180.00	1320.00	1180.00	GBP/Month	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	32.10	32.10	33.50	31.30	Hours	[+]
Employment Change	115.00	28.00	311.00	-279.00	Thousand	[+]

United Kingdom Claimant Count Change

Claimant count in the United Kingdom measures the change in the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits. This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Claimant Count Change - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United Kingdom Claimant Count Change - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on August of 2019.