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UK Average Earnings

UK Average Earnings 17 July 2018

UK Average Earnings 17 July 2018: 2.5% for May 2018, in line with the forecast and against 2.6% in April 2018 (first reported as 2.5%). It was released on Tue 17 Jul 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
2.5%
May 2018
Forecast
2.5%
The market consensus
Previous
2.6%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: Sterling usually moves little if the figure matches expectations and regular pay growth is unchanged.

UK Average Earnings 17 July 2018: 2.5% for May 2018 against a 2.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Jul 2018May2.5%2.5%2.6%
12 Jun 2018Apr2.5%2.6%2.6%
15 May 2018Mar2.6%2.6%2.8%
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%
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