Given the wave of lay offs and job losses the previous week's number is of little use as a guide: 281K

  • Citi's estimate is at 4 million (as is Oxford Economics)
  • BOA, HSBC are at 3m
  • TD, Capital Economics and Pantheon are at 2.5m
  • Goldman 2.25m
  • Barclays, JPM Asset Mgmt 2m
  • UBS is at 860K

Such a wide range makes the 'median consensus' estimate of little value (its 1.64m FWIW)

The data point is for the week ended March 21

Due at 1230GMT on 26 March 2020