UK jobless rate unexpectedly dips to 4.7% in August

• August's ILO unemployment rate dropped to 4.7%, compared with a forecast of 5.0%.
• The previous rate had been 4.9%.
• Employment change in August was expected at 5,000, after a prior increase of 67,000.
• The preceding employment change figure had been +67,000.
• One measure of average weekly earnings over three months was expected to rise 3.8% year-on-year, following a previous gain of 3.9%.
• The prior earnings reading stood at 3.9%.
• A second earnings measure was expected to climb 3.6% over three months, after a prior rate of 3.5%.
• The previous value for that metric was 3.5%.
• September payrolls data recorded a change.
• In the prior period, payrolls fell by 26,000.

Additional data is expected.