Financial Indicators: Data from FTSE100, as well as oil prices and gold prices.
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Unemployment by Constituency, October 2013 (1 MB, PDF)
• The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance decreased by 41,700 between August and September 2013 to 1.35 million people aged 18 or over, the lowest level since January 2009.
• The ILO measure of unemployment was 2.49 million people in June-August 2013, down 18,000 from the previous quarter and down 40,000 from the previous year. The unemployment rate was 7.7%.
• The number of people in employment was 29.87 million in June-August 2013, up 155,000 from the previous quarter and up 279,000 on the previous year. The employment rate was 71.7%.
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Unemployment by Constituency, October 2013 (1 MB, PDF)
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Business and Consumer Confidence: Information on business and consumer confidence surveys, which is generally released ahead of official statistical data and can indicate changes to the economic outlook as well as turning points in the economic cycle.
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This is a purely statistical note on public sector borrowing (the budget deficit), public sector debt and government debt interest payments.
