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UK Average Earnings 12 March 2024

UK Average Earnings 12 March 2024: 5.6% for January 2024, below the 5.7% forecast and down from 5.8% in December 2023. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 12 Mar 2024 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
5.6%
January 2024
Forecast
5.7%
The market consensus
Previous
5.8%
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 12 March 2024: 5.6% for January 2024 against a 5.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
12 Mar 2024Jan5.6%5.7%5.8%
13 Feb 2024Dec5.8%5.6%6.7%
16 Jan 2024Nov6.5%6.8%7.2%
12 Dec 2023Oct7.2%7.7%8%
14 Nov 2023Sep7.9%7.4%8.2%
17 Oct 2023Aug8.1%8.3%8.5%
12 Sep 2023Jul8.5%8.2%8.4%
15 Aug 2023Jun8.2%7.3%7.2%
11 Jul 2023May6.9%6.8%6.7%
13 Jun 2023Apr6.5%6.1%6.1%
16 May 2023Mar5.8%5.8%5.8%
18 Apr 2023Feb5.9%5.1%5.9%
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