U.K. jobless claims increased unexpectedly in June, data from the Office for National Statistics revealed Wednesday.
The number of people claiming jobseeker’s allowance increased by 7,000 in June from May, confounding expectations for a decline of 9,000. This was the first increase since October 2012.
At the same time, the claimant count rate held steady at 2.3 percent in June as expected by economists.
During March to May, the ILO jobless rate came in at 5.6 percent, little changed compared with three months to February, but lower than 6.5 percent seen a year earlier, the statistical office said.
There were 1.85 million unemployed people in three months to May. This was 15,000 more than for the three months to February, the first quarterly increase since January to March 2013.
Pay for employees including bonuses increased by 3.2 percent in three months to May and that excluding bonuses by 2.8 percent.
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