{"id":57301,"date":"2026-07-21T08:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/uncategorized\/uk-regular-pay-growth-holds-at-3-4-in-three-months-to-may-matching-forecasts\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:21:13","slug":"uk-regular-pay-growth-holds-at-3-4-in-three-months-to-may-matching-forecasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/live-updates\/uk-regular-pay-growth-holds-at-3-4-in-three-months-to-may-matching-forecasts\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Regular Pay Growth Holds at 3.4% in Three Months to May, Matching Forecasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UK average earnings excluding bonuses rose 3.4% in the three months to May versus a year earlier, matching expectations. The reading keeps pay growth steady on an annual basis over a rolling three-month period.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Focus On Regular Pay<\/h3>\n<p>The measure focuses on regular pay and strips out bonuses, offering a clearer view of underlying wage trends.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Alignment With Forecasts<\/h3>\n<p>The May outcome aligns with consensus forecasts at 3.4%, providing a consistent data point for wage pressures without indicating a deviation from the expected trajectory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Start trading now \u2014 click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/trade-now\/>here<\/a> to create your real VT Markets account.<\/b>\n\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK regular pay, excluding bonuses, rose 3.4% to May, matching forecasts and signalling steady wage growth trends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":55866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-updates"],"acf":{"acf_article_selection_author":null},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}