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UK Average Earnings 12 October 2021

UK Average Earnings 12 October 2021: 7.2% for August 2021, above the 7% forecast and down from 8.3% in July 2021. It is the lowest reading since April 2021. It is the fifth release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Tue 12 Oct 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
7.2%
August 2021
Forecast
7%
The market consensus
Previous
8.3%
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 12 October 2021: 7.2% for August 2021 against a 7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
12 Oct 2021Aug7.2%7%8.3%
14 Sep 2021Jul8.3%8.2%8.8%
17 Aug 2021Jun8.8%8.6%7.4%
15 Jul 2021May7.3%7.1%5.6%
15 Jun 2021Apr5.6%4.9%4.3%
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%
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