The United Kingdom’s (UK) ILO Unemployment Rate stayed unchanged at 4.4% in the three months to January, data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed on Thursday. The market consensus was for a 4.4% reading in the reported period.
Additional details of the report showed that the number of people claiming jobless benefits increased by 44.2K in February, compared with a gain of 22K in January, missing the expected 7.9K figure.