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UK Average Earnings 18 May 2021

UK Average Earnings 18 May 2021: 4% for March 2021, below the 4.5% forecast and down from 4.5% in February 2021. It is the lowest reading since November 2020. It is the third release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Tue 18 May 2021 at 06:00 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%
March 2021
Forecast
4.5%
The market consensus
Previous
4.5%
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 18 May 2021: 4% for March 2021 against a 4.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 May 2021Mar4%4.5%4.5%
20 Apr 2021Feb4.5%4.8%4.8%
23 Mar 2021Jan4.8%4.9%4.7%
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%
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