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Dec-Feb Employment Soars; Wages Stagnate....>

UK DATA
UK DATA: Dec-Feb Employment Soars; Wages Stagnate 
-- UK Dec-Feb regular awe +3.4% 3m y/y vs +3.5% 3m to Jan    
-- UK Dec-Feb LFS unemployment -27,000; jobless rate 3.9%
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Job creation continued apace in the UK in the three months to Feb, even 
as wage growth stagnated.  Employment grew by 179,000, largely in line 
with the MNI median.  Wage growth also matched median forecasts compiled 
by MNI. Real wages, excluding bonuses, slipped, rising by just 1.5% in 
the three months to February, the slowest pace since the three months to 
July 2016.         

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