Financial Indicators: Key Economic Indicators
Financial Indicators: Data from FTSE100, as well as oil prices and gold prices.
This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
Unemployment by Constituency, July 2013 (1 MB , PDF)
• The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance decreased by 21,200 between May and June 2013, to 1.48 million people aged 18 or over, the lowest level since March 2011.
• The ILO measure of unemployment was 2.51 million people in March-May 2013, down 57,000 from the previous quarter and down 72,000 from the previous year. The unemployment rate was 7.8%.
• The number of people in employment was 29.71 million in March-May 2013, up 16,000 from the previous quarter and up 336,000 on the previous year. The employment rate (the proportion of the population aged 16-64 in work) was 71.4%.
• The number of economically inactive people aged 16-64 was 9.04 million in March-May 2013, up 87,000 compared to the last quarter but down 144,000 compared to the previous year.
Unemployment by Constituency, July 2013 (1 MB , PDF)
Financial Indicators: Data from FTSE100, as well as oil prices and gold prices.
This briefing paper provides statistics on the size of the gender pay gap in the UK and how it varies by factors such as age, occupation and location.
Data and latest developments on interest rates and quantitative easing policy from the UK (Bank of England), Eurozone (European Central Bank) and the US (Federal Reserve).