The number of people who applied for unemployment in Britain rose in August to a much lower than the fears, according to official figures released Wednesday.
In its report, the National Bureau of Statistics of the United Kingdom has in fact increased by 20 300 registered with seasonal adjustment for the month, while experts had expected to see yet amount to 35 000 over the period considered.
He had already been a surge of 33,700 in the previous, including the preliminary assessment to 37 100 had to be revised downwards.
The unemployment rate is still at his stable at 7.9% with no surprises.
The document also stated that the index of average earnings were slightly above forecasts for the same period, taking 2.8% seasonally adjusted instead of the 2.7% expected.
Following the release of the new, sterling let slip on less land with a USD GBP / USD loosening of 0.17% to slip to 1.5752.
European stock markets resumed their part when the hair of the beast, the EURO STOXX 50 0.25% nibbling, the French CAC 40 0.3%, Germany's DAX 0.15% and 0.25% FTSE 100.
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