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Bargaining statistics: January 2007 |
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Measure |
Date |
Latest |
Year ago |
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Inflation |
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All-items RPI |
% change over 12 months |
Jan '07 |
4.2% |
2.4% |
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Underlying RPI |
% change over 12 months |
Jan '07 |
3.5% |
2.3% |
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CPI (formerly HICP) |
% change over 12 months |
Jan '07 |
2.7% |
1.9% |
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Basic pay settlements |
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EEF engineering |
Average settlement over three months |
Jan '07 |
2.9% |
2.6% |
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IRS whole economy |
Median award over three months |
Jan '07 |
3.5% |
3.0% |
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IRS private sector |
Median award over three months |
Jan '07 |
3.5% |
3.0% |
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IRS manufacturing |
Median award over three months |
Jan '07 |
3.5% |
3.0% |
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IRS services |
Median award over three months |
Jan '07 |
3.4% |
3.0% |
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LRD whole economy |
Median settlement over three months |
Jan '07 |
3.5% |
3.0% |
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LRD private sector |
Median settlement over three months |
Jan '07 |
3.8% |
3.0% |
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Average earnings (headline rate - three-month average) |
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Whole economy |
% change over 12 months |
Dec '06 |
4.0% |
3.6% |
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Private sector |
% change over 12 months |
Dec '06 |
4.1% |
3.4% |
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Public sector |
% change over 12 months |
Dec '06 |
3.2% |
4.4% |
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Services |
% change over 12 months |
Dec '06 |
4.2% |
3.4% |
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Manufacturing |
% change over 12 months |
Dec '06 |
4.5% |
4.4% |
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Gross earnings (not seasonally adjusted, UK) |
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Full-time males |
LFS median gross weekly earnings |
Q4 '06 |
£450 |
£435 |
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Full-time females |
LFS median gross weekly earnings |
Q4 '06 |
£346 |
£337 |
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Labour costs/productivity |
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Manufacturing unit wage costs |
% change over 12 months |
Dec '06 |
-0.2% |
3.1% |
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Manufacturing productivity |
% change over 12 months |
Dec '06 |
4.8% |
1.3% |
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Whole-economy unit wage costs |
% change over 12 months |
Q3 2006 |
1.9% |
2.7% |
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Whole-economy productivity |
% change over 12 months |
Q3 2006 |
2.3% |
0.7% |
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Unemployment |
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ILO definition, seasonally adjusted (UK) |
Thousands (actively seeking work) over three months |
Dec '06 |
1,687 |
1,554 |
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% of workforce over three months |
Dec '06 |
5.5% |
5.1% |
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Claimant count, seasonally adjusted (UK) |
Thousands (claiming unemployment-related benefit) |
Jan '07 |
925.8 |
905.1 |
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% of workforce |
Jan '07 |
2.9% |
2.9% |
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Labour disputes |
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Working days lost through stoppages of work |
Monthly count, UK |
Dec '06 |
9,000 |
15,000 |
