Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Unemployment in Britain has not changed for September

According to the National Statistical Office, the number of applications for unemployment benefits (Claimant count) in the UK increased by 20 800 in September after rising to 24 400 in the previous month. Thus analysts predicted an increase in the number of new applications by 24 800.
Unemployment Rate (Claimant count rate) unchanged in September relative to the previous month, reaching 5.0%. Has been predicted that the index will rise to 5,1%.
As expected, the annual index of average earnings excluding bonuses for the three months including August dropped from 2,2% to 1,9%.
The unemployment rate calculated by the methodology of the International Labor Organization (ILO unemployment rate) amounted to 7,9% in three months including August, as well as in the previous month, while the forecast 8,0%.

No comments: