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UK Average Earnings

UK Average Earnings 17 March 2020

UK Average Earnings 17 March 2020: 3.1% for January 2020, above the 3% forecast and up from 2.9% in December 2019. 5 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Tue 17 Mar 2020 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
3.1%
January 2020
Forecast
3%
The market consensus
Previous
2.9%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A clear beat can support sterling if it points to stronger wage pressure and a slower BoE easing path.

UK Average Earnings 17 March 2020: 3.1% for January 2020 against a 3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Mar 2020Jan3.1%3%2.9%
18 Feb 2020Dec2.9%3%3.2%
21 Jan 2020Nov3.2%3.1%3.2%
17 Dec 2019Oct3.2%3.4%3.7%
12 Nov 2019Sep3.6%3.8%3.7%
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%
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