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The UK unemployment rate remained unchanged in the three months to May, in line with market expectations, figures on Tuesday showed.
The jobless rate was 3.8%, the same level as in the three months in April, according to the Office for National Statistics.
A year earlier, the unemployment rate had sat at 4.9%.
The latest figure was in line with FXStreet cited consensus.
Wage growth figures, meanwhile, were a mixed bag.
Average earnings including bonuses rose 6.2% on an annual basis, slowing from 6.8% in the reading for April and below FXStreet-cited consensus of 6.9%. Excluding bonuses, wages grew 4.3%, in line with consensus and picking up from 4.2% growth in April.
That means UK earnings by both measures continue to lag consumer price inflation, which ran at 9.1% in May.
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