Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Forex News: 14.02.2007 Claimant count fell in Great Britain in January

Claimant count fell in Great Britain in January by 13500, compared with minus 9300 in the preceding month (revised from 5500).

Claimant count rate was in January 2.9%, down 0.1% from the previous month. The index was expected to keep 3% rate.

Average earnings were in three months to December 4.0%, down 0.1% from the preceding period.

ILO jobless rate for three months to December was 5.5%, compared with 5.6% in the preceding period (revised from 5.5%). The number of unemployed for October -December was down by 23K, to 1.687bln.

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