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Working and workless households in the UK: April to June 2026

The economic status of households in the UK, and the people living in them, where at least one person is aged 16 to 64 years. Taken from the Labour Force Survey.

PRIMARY SOURCEUK Office for National StatisticsOpen original source →OPEN IN MARKET MEMORY →

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OBSERVED RESPONSE

AWAITING OBSERVED RESPONSE

Expected sensitivities are available, but ME Standard has not recorded a qualifying post-event market reaction window yet.

DRIVER GBPMES_EVENT_IMPACT_V20 QUALIFYING WINDOWS
  • No qualifying post-event market reaction window is recorded yet.

EXPECTED SENSITIVITY

Relationships to monitor

Transparent relationship rules identify markets worth monitoring; they are not directional forecasts.

  • GBPUSDdirect

    UK policy and macro information directly affects GBP pricing.

  • USDmacro sensitive

    Labour data can shift the expected policy path and USD differentials.

  • US10Ypolicy sensitive

    Treasury yields can reprice with changes in labour-driven policy expectations.

  • GOLDcross-market sensitive

    Gold can react through USD and real-yield channels after labour data.

  • US100growth/rates sensitive

    Equities can reprice the balance between growth resilience and policy restraint.

EXPECTED RELATIONSHIP ≠ OBSERVED RESPONSE ≠ PROVEN CAUSALITY.