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UK Average Earnings

UK Average Earnings 17 April 2018

UK Average Earnings 17 April 2018: 2.8% for February 2018, below the 3% forecast and unchanged from 2.8% in January 2018. 3 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 17 Apr 2018 at 08:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Office for National Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
2.8%
February 2018
Forecast
3%
The market consensus
Previous
2.8%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A miss can weigh on sterling if it suggests pay growth is cooling, especially when the ex-bonus measure also slows.

UK Average Earnings 17 April 2018: 2.8% for February 2018 against a 3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Apr 2018Feb2.8%3%2.8%
21 Mar 2018Jan2.8%2.6%2.7%
21 Feb 2018Dec2.5%2.5%2.5%
24 Jan 2018Nov2.5%2.5%2.5%
13 Dec 2017Oct2.5%2.5%2.3%
15 Nov 2017Sep2.2%2.1%2.3%
18 Oct 2017Aug2.2%2.1%2.2%
13 Sep 2017Jul2.1%2.3%2.1%
16 Aug 2017Jun2.1%1.8%1.9%
12 Jul 2017May1.8%1.8%2.1%
14 Jun 2017Apr2.1%2.4%2.3%
17 May 2017Mar2.4%2.4%2.3%
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