Mumbai, Jan. 20 -- The UK unemployment rate remained stable and wage growth eased in the three months to November, data from the Office for National Statistics showed Tuesday.
The jobless rate was estimated at 5.1 percent, unchanged from the three months to October and also matched expectations.
Average earnings excluding bonuses posted an annual growth of 4.5 percent, which matched economists' forecast but slower than the 4.6 percent rise in the preceding period.
Including bonuses, earnings grew 4.7 percent from the last year compared to the expected 4.6 percent gain.
Wage growth in the private sector eased to the lowest in five years, while pay growth in the public sector remained high. Public sector pay growth was 7.9 percent, while ...