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UK Average Earnings 23 February 2021

UK Average Earnings 23 February 2021: 4.7% for December 2020, above the 4.1% forecast and up from 3.6% in November 2020. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. It is the sixth release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Tue 23 Feb 2021 at 07:00 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
4.7%
December 2020
Forecast
4.1%
The market consensus
Previous
3.6%
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 23 February 2021: 4.7% for December 2020 against a 4.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
23 Feb 2021Dec4.7%4.1%3.6%
26 Jan 2021Nov3.6%2.9%2.8%
15 Dec 2020Oct2.7%2.2%1.4%
10 Nov 2020Sep1.3%1%0.1%
13 Oct 2020Aug0%-0.6%-1%
15 Sep 2020Jul-1%-1.3%-1.2%
11 Aug 2020Jun-1.2%-1.1%-0.3%
16 Jul 2020May-0.3%-0.4%1%
16 Jun 2020Apr1%1.4%2.3%
19 May 2020Mar2.4%2.6%2.8%
21 Apr 2020Feb2.8%3%3.1%
17 Mar 2020Jan3.1%3%2.9%
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