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UK Average Earnings 16 November 2021

UK Average Earnings 16 November 2021: 5.8% for September 2021, above the 5.6% forecast and down from 7.2% in August 2021. It is the lowest reading since April 2021. It is the sixth release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Tue 16 Nov 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
5.8%
September 2021
Forecast
5.6%
The market consensus
Previous
7.2%
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 16 November 2021: 5.8% for September 2021 against a 5.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Nov 2021Sep5.8%5.6%7.2%
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%
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