Economics
U.K. Labor Market Stays Resilient as Wage Growth Accelerates
- Economy adds more jobs than forecast, pay rises annual 3.4%
- Data come after Saunders warns of raising BOE rates too late
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The U.K. labor market performed better than forecast in the three months through April, which may strengthen the hawkish comments coming from the Bank of England about interest-rate hikes.