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The unemployment rate in the UK edged down to 3.7% in Q1 2022, the lowest reading since 1974 and below 3.8% in the previous period and forecasts of 3.8%. For the first time since records began, there are fewer unemployed people (1.257 million) than job vacancies, which reached a new record of 1.295 million. Also, the employment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 75.7%, driven by the movement of people from unemployment to employment but there was also a record-high movement of people from economic inactivity into employment. Meanwhile, real wage growth for regular pay was 1.9% lower than a year ago in March, the biggest fall since Q3 2013, as high inflationary pressures continue to hurt consumers' purchasing power. The most timely estimate of payrolled employees for April 2022 shows a monthly increase of 121K to a record 29.5 million.