United Kingdom Claimant Count Rate: 4.4% (June) vs 4.3%

Jul 18, 2024

UK Unemployment Rate steadies at 4.4% in quarter to May, as expected

The United Kingdom’s (UK) ILO Unemployment Rate held steady at 4.4% in the three months to May after reporting 4.4% in the previous period, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday.

BoJ’s Kamiyama: BoJ wants to maintain accommodative monetary environment as much as possible

Kazushige Kamiyama, a senior Bank of Japan (BoJ) official and the central bank’s Osaka branch manager, said on Thursday that the BoJ wants to maintain an accommodative monetary environment as much as possible, per Jiji News.