The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate was 2.4 per cent in April 2018, down from 2.5 per cent in March 2018.
The employment rate (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 years who were in work) was 75.6 per cent, higher than for a year earlier (74.8 per cent) and the highest since comparable records began in 1971; and,
Total average earnings increased by 3.0 per cent including bonuses and increased by 2.3 per cent excluding bonuses in the 12 months up to February 2018.
