The United Kingdom’s (UK) ILO Unemployment Rate held steady at 4.2% in three months to October, according to the latest data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Tuesday. The market consensus was for a 4.2% print in the October quarter.
Additional details of the report showed that the number of people claiming jobless benefits climbed by 16K in November, compared with an increase of 8.9K in October while beating the estimate of 20.3K.
The British Employment Change data for October came in at 50K, as against a 54K gain seen in September.
Average Earnings excluding Bonus in the UK rose 7.3% 3M YoY in October versus September’s 7.8% increase. Markets had expected an acceleration of 7.4%.
Another measure of wage inflation, Average Earnings including Bonus grew by 7.2% in the reported period when compared to an 8.0% increase in September and the expected 7.7% raise.
GBP/USD came under renewed selling pressure and tumbled to 1.2561 in an immediate reaction to the mixed UK employment data. The pair is trading 0.18% higher on the day at 1.2572, as of writing.
The table below shows the percentage change of Pound Sterling (GBP) against listed major currencies today. Pound Sterling was the weakest against the New Zealand Dollar.
USD | EUR | GBP | CAD | AUD | JPY | NZD | CHF | |
USD | -0.14% | -0.18% | -0.21% | -0.47% | -0.56% | -0.61% | -0.24% | |
EUR | 0.13% | -0.04% | -0.05% | -0.33% | -0.44% | -0.48% | -0.11% | |
GBP | 0.18% | 0.04% | -0.01% | -0.29% | -0.37% | -0.42% | -0.06% | |
CAD | 0.19% | 0.07% | 0.01% | -0.25% | -0.37% | -0.42% | -0.04% | |
AUD | 0.47% | 0.33% | 0.29% | 0.28% | -0.10% | -0.14% | 0.21% | |
JPY | 0.55% | 0.42% | 0.37% | 0.36% | 0.03% | -0.13% | 0.23% | |
NZD | 0.60% | 0.47% | 0.43% | 0.42% | 0.14% | 0.04% | 0.36% | |
CHF | 0.22% | 0.11% | 0.06% | 0.04% | -0.21% | -0.33% | -0.37% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Euro from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent EUR (base)/JPY (quote).
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