UK wages grow at record rate by Winstonoceaniasmith Tags:Europe 5 comments >Regular pay grew by 7.8%, the highest annual growth rate since comparable records began in 2001. >Inflation, which measures the pace at which prices are rising, has eased but remains relatively high at 7.9%. So “wages rising at almost record rates” really just means they almost didn’t fall for once, in real terms. Man, we need a renaissance for unions. > Figures show that, taking into account the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation, average regular pay fell by 0.6%. 🙁 Still way better than here in Germany tho, good job UK That is great news. [deleted] I’ll use the comment I used in one of the UK subs, since it seems the most appropriate response from a normal person working in the UK: Bollocks Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
>Regular pay grew by 7.8%, the highest annual growth rate since comparable records began in 2001. >Inflation, which measures the pace at which prices are rising, has eased but remains relatively high at 7.9%. So “wages rising at almost record rates” really just means they almost didn’t fall for once, in real terms. Man, we need a renaissance for unions.
> Figures show that, taking into account the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation, average regular pay fell by 0.6%. 🙁 Still way better than here in Germany tho, good job UK
I’ll use the comment I used in one of the UK subs, since it seems the most appropriate response from a normal person working in the UK: Bollocks
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>Regular pay grew by 7.8%, the highest annual growth rate since comparable records began in 2001.
>Inflation, which measures the pace at which prices are rising, has eased but remains relatively high at 7.9%.
So “wages rising at almost record rates” really just means they almost didn’t fall for once, in real terms.
Man, we need a renaissance for unions.
> Figures show that, taking into account the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation, average regular pay fell by 0.6%.
🙁
Still way better than here in Germany tho, good job UK
That is great news.
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I’ll use the comment I used in one of the UK subs, since it seems the most appropriate response from a normal person working in the UK:
Bollocks