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UK Average Earnings 19 February 2019

UK Average Earnings 19 February 2019: 3.4% for December 2018, below the 3.5% forecast and unchanged from 3.4% in November 2018. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 19 Feb 2019 at 09:30 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
3.4%
December 2018
Forecast
3.5%
The market consensus
Previous
3.4%
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 19 February 2019: 3.4% for December 2018 against a 3.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Feb 2019Dec3.4%3.5%3.4%
22 Jan 2019Nov3.4%3.3%3.3%
11 Dec 2018Oct3.3%3%3.1%
13 Nov 2018Sep3%3%2.8%
16 Oct 2018Aug2.7%2.6%2.6%
11 Sep 2018Jul2.6%2.4%2.4%
14 Aug 2018Jun2.4%2.5%2.5%
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%
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