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UK Average Earnings 15 October 2019

UK Average Earnings 15 October 2019: 3.8% for August 2019, below the 4% forecast and against 3.9% in July 2019 (first reported as 4%). 3 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 15 Oct 2019 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
3.8%
August 2019
Forecast
4%
The market consensus
Previous
3.9%
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 15 October 2019: 3.8% for August 2019 against a 4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
15 Oct 2019Aug3.8%4%3.9%
10 Sep 2019Jul4%3.7%3.8%
13 Aug 2019Jun3.7%3.7%3.5%
16 Jul 2019May3.4%3.1%3.2%
11 Jun 2019Apr3.1%3%3.3%
14 May 2019Mar3.2%3.4%3.5%
16 Apr 2019Feb3.5%3.5%3.5%
19 Mar 2019Jan3.4%3.2%3.5%
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%
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