{"id":115384,"date":"2024-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/?guid=04bf96e8277482185ea71e6f341454b7"},"modified":"2024-04-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:00:00","slug":"uk-unemployment-rate-jumps-to-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordannewsgazette.com\/uk-unemployment-rate-jumps-to-4-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Unemployment Rate Jumps to 4.2%"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nLondon, Britains unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in the three months through February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
It is the highest level for nearly six months and up from 3.9% in the three months to January.<\/p>\n
Most economists had been expecting the rate to only edge up slightly to 4% in the quarter.<\/p>\n
The official figures also showed regular wages growth, excluding bonuses, falling back once again, to 6% in the three months to February from 6.1% in the previous three months.<\/p>\n
Thanks to falling inflation, when taking the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) into account, real regular wages rose by 2.1%, which is the highest for almost two-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n
Source: Qatar News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
London, Britains unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in the three months through February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
It is the highest level for nearly six months and up from 3.9% in the three months to January.<\/p>\n
Most economis…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n