Browse the latest economic and labour market statistics.


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Average earnings
Headline average earnings growth: 3.3% (September 2008). Next release date: 17 December 2008

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Inflation
Retail Prices Index (RPI): 4.2% (October 2008). Next release date: 16 December 2008

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Pay awards
IRS headline measure of pay settlements: 3.8% (October 2008) Next release date: 19 December 2008

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Labour disputes
Working days lost: 68,000 (September 2008). Number of stoppages: 8 (September 2008). Next release date: 17 December 2008.

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Unemployment
Headline unemployment rate (ILO definition): 5.8% (July to September 2008). Next release date: 17 December 2008.

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Working hours
Average weekly hours in UK: 39.0 (full-time men); 33.9 (full-time women) (July to September 2008). Next release date: 17 December 2008.

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Recruitment and labour market
Availability of candidates (compared with previous month): - Permanent staff: 48.5% (October 2008) - Temporary/contract staff: 51.6% (October 2008) Next release date: 11 December 2008.

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Pay Intelligence October 2008: Annual review of pay trends and prospects
The IRS headline measure of pay settlements stands at 3.5% in the three months to 30 September 2008.

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Business confidence
Business confidence: Manufacturing industry. Manufacturing optimism: -60% (October 2008) (CBI). Next release date: 20 January 2009

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Official pay data | Summary
Median weekly earnings, whole economy (ASHE 2007 uprated by AEI): £479.52 (August 2008). Next release date: 12 November 2008.

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ASHE 2007: Official pay data - summary
XpertHR has pulled together a selection of the most recent available official data on pay levels, collected by the government's statistics agency and published in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. On this page we summarise our official pay data resources.







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