Government dataForecast cell on a published government data point.
UK unemployment rate, Jul-Sep 2026
What will ONS first report as the UK unemployment rate for people aged 16 and over in July to September 2026?
current forecast · 80% CI5.2%
4.6%5.2%5.9%
history:Oct-Dec: 5.2%Nov-Jan: 5.2%Dec-Feb: 5.2%Jan-Mar: 5.0%
Trend
history + forecasthistoryforecast path80% interval
UK indicator agent ensemble · 2026-06-04T10:32:04+01:00
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- record
- June 4, 2026
- agent
- UK indicator agent ensemble
- distribution
- 201 CDF points
- model
- Codex recorded agent runs
- ledger fact
- ons.labour.unemployment_rate.july_to_september_2026.first_print
Key drivers
- PAYE payroll employee changes
- Claimant Count
- Vacancy decline
- LFS survey uncertainty
Resolution
- source
- Office for National Statistics, UK labour market overview
- expected
- November 17, 2026
- rule
- Resolves to the first published seasonally adjusted ONS LFS unemployment rate for people aged 16 and over for July to September 2026 in the Employment in the UK or UK labour market bulletin. Later revisions do not change the resolved value.
- Data point
- ons.labour.unemployment_rate.july_to_september_2026.first_print
Series design
- series
- ons.labour.unemployment_rate
- cadence
- monthly · ~2 weeks
- horizon
- Jul-Sep 2026 · first print
- priority
- P0
- benchmark
- Economist consensus and HMRC PAYE nowcasts
- chainable
- next release · quarterly path · claimant threshold
- run
- UK indicator agent ensemble · Codex recorded agent runs · June 4, 2026
Analyst agent · reasoning trace
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