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The unemployment rate remained at 4.9 percent in the three months to June, according to official data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday.
Average earnings grew 2.4 percent compared with a year earlier, with total pay excluding bonuses rising 2.3 percent, the ONS reports.
The latest data also shows that the claimant count - which measures the number of people claiming for unemployment-related benefits - fell by 8,600 against a previously projected 9,500 increase. Overall, 172,000 people joined the workforce during the period covered.
The unemployment data followed Tuesday's inflation rate update which revealed consumer prices index (CPI) growth was a higher-than-expected 0.6 percent in July.
Data published by the agency last month showed the unemployment rate in the UK was lower in the three months to May, reaching 4.9 percent - the lowest since 2005 with average wages rising 2.3 percent year-on-year.
The unemployment level, seen as one of the major indicators of Brexit-vote impact on the country's economy, will be continuously observed by the economists in the coming months. According to analysts, the full effects of the historic decision on employer confidence and hiring prospects are still to be seen.
The pound sterling posted brief gains following the announcement, reaching 1.3069 against the US dollar.
Blame Brexit or blame the usual lying about the numbers that most govts do? I cannot imagine any accurate accounting here in the States, and this started at least since Reagan was in office, and like any bad compass heading, once you start to get off course and don't immediately correct you vector, you end up further and further off course. I would suggest this is happening with the Queen's servants as well. They have bigger lies to maintain than any Brexit propaganda... they're trying to prop up their entire BS banking led economy... a house of cards with everyone involved helping to hold it up... which turns in an odd game of musical chairs as well, as they all know this game is designed for elimination of all but one in the end.