Economic Dashboard

?Unemployment rate (%)

?Unemployment levels (000s)

?Employment rate (%)

?Employment levels (000s)

?GDP gap
(% fall since recession)

?Employment rate gap
(% fall since recession)

?Part-time workers (000s)

?Involuntary part-time workers (000s)

?Temporary workers (000s)

?Involuntary temporary workers (000s)

?Self-employed (000s)

?"Want work" rate (%)

?Economically inactive people (000s)

?Economic inactivity rate (%)

?Youth unemployment level (000s)

?Long-term unemployment level (000s)

?Vacancy ratio
(claimants per job)

?Average weekly earnings (£)

?RPI inflation (index)

?CPI inflation (index)

Unemployment rate

The proportion of economically active adults who are unemployed

?Unemployment rate	5.3%
?Unemployment levels	1,749,000
?Employment rate	73.7%
?Employment levels	31,211,000
?GDP gap	5.8%
?Employment rate gap	0.7%
?Part-time workers	8,416,000
?Involuntary part-time workers	1,257,000
?Temporary workers	1,661,000
?Involuntary temporary workers	565,000
?Self-employed	4,551,000
?"Want work" rate	11.4%
?Economically inactive people	8,968,000
?Economic inactivity rate	22%
?Youth unemployment level	653,000
?Long-term unemployment level	514,000
?Vacancy ratio	2.4
?Average weekly earnings	£494
?RPI inflation	259.9
?CPI inflation	128.4

Economic indicators for 08/2015