UK unemployment rate falls to 4.9%
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The UK unemployment rate fell to 4.9% in the three months to February, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The market had expected the jobless rate to stay steady at 5.0%.

The claimant count rose by 10,100, better than expectations of a 24,500 rise.

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