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US Average Hourly Earnings

US Average Hourly Earnings 7 February 2020

US Average Hourly Earnings 7 February 2020: 0.2% for January 2020, below the 0.3% forecast and up from 0.1% in December 2019. It is the fourth release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Fri 7 Feb 2020 at 13:30 UTC (8:30 AM ET).

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: U.S. Bureau of Labor 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
0.2%
January 2020
Forecast
0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
0.1%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A miss can weaken the dollar by easing inflation concerns and increasing rate-cut expectations.

US Average Hourly Earnings 7 February 2020: 0.2% for January 2020 against a 0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
7 Feb 2020Jan0.2%0.3%0.1%
10 Jan 2020Dec0.1%0.3%0.3%
3 May 2019Apr0.2%0.3%0.2%
5 Apr 2019Mar0.1%0.3%0.4%
8 Mar 2019Feb0.4%0.3%0.1%
1 Feb 2019Jan0.1%0.3%0.4%
4 Jan 2019Dec0.4%0.3%0.2%
4 May 2018Apr0.1%0.2%0.2%
6 Apr 2018Mar0.3%0.2%0.1%
9 Mar 2018Feb0.1%0.2%0.3%
2 Feb 2018Jan0.3%0.3%0.4%
5 Jan 2018Dec0.3%0.3%0.1%
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