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UK Unit Labour Costs Rise at Fastest Pace Since 2013

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British labour costs rose at the fastest annual rate since late 2013 in the three months after the country voted to leave the European Union, despite continued steady growth in productivity, official figures showed on Friday.

Year-on-year growth in unit labour costs – an underlying driver of inflation watched by the Bank of England – edged up to 2.3 percent in the third quarter of 2016 from 2.2 percent in the second quarter, its highest since the last three months of 2013.

Annual growth in output per hour rose to 0.4 percent in Q3 from 0.2 percent in Q2, though this partly reflects volatility in late 2015. Quarterly hourly output growth slowed marginally to 0.4 percent in Q3 from 0.5 percent in Q2.

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Craig Erlam

Craig Erlam

Former Senior Market Analyst, UK & EMEA at OANDA
Based in London, Craig Erlam joined OANDA in 2015 as a market analyst. With many years of experience as a financial market analyst and trader, he focuses on both fundamental and technical analysis while producing macroeconomic commentary.

His views have been published in the Financial Times, Reuters, The Telegraph and the International Business Times, and he also appears as a regular guest commentator on the BBC, Bloomberg TV, FOX Business and SKY News.

Craig holds a full membership to the Society of Technical Analysts and is recognised as a Certified Financial Technician by the International Federation of Technical Analysts.
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