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UK Average Earnings

UK Average Earnings 16 August 2022

UK Average Earnings 16 August 2022: 5.1% for June 2022, above the 4.5% forecast and against 6.4% in May 2022 (first reported as 6.2%). It is the lowest reading since January 2022. 8 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Tue 16 Aug 2022 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
5.1%
June 2022
Forecast
4.5%
The market consensus
Previous
6.4%
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 August 2022: 5.1% for June 2022 against a 4.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Aug 2022Jun5.1%4.5%6.4%
19 Jul 2022May6.2%6.7%6.8%
14 Jun 2022Apr6.8%7.6%7%
17 May 2022Mar7%5.4%5.6%
12 Apr 2022Feb5.4%5.4%4.8%
15 Mar 2022Jan4.8%4.6%4.6%
15 Feb 2022Dec4.3%3.8%4.2%
18 Jan 2022Nov4.2%4.2%4.9%
14 Dec 2021Oct4.9%4.6%5.9%
16 Nov 2021Sep5.8%5.6%7.2%
12 Oct 2021Aug7.2%7%8.3%
14 Sep 2021Jul8.3%8.2%8.8%
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