英国失业率在截至8月的三个月内出人意料地下降，从4.9%降至4.7%。
Unemployment in the UK fell unexpectedly in the three months to August, to 4.7% from 4.9%.
英国国家统计局的数据为10月28日的预算案提供了背景，同时显示，8月至9月期间，领取工资的雇员人数增加了1.3万人，达到3030万人。
The Office for National Statistics figures, which provide a backdrop to the budget on 28 October, also showed that the number of payrolled employees rose by 13,000 between August and September, to 30.3m.
然而，截至9月的三个月内，职位空缺数量减少了2.1万个，降至69.1万个，这是2021年新冠疫情期间以来的最低水平。经济学家此前预计失业率将上升至5%。
However, the number of job vacancies fell by 21,000 to 691,000 in the three months to September, the lowest since 2021 during the Covid pandemic. Economists had expected the unemployment rate to rise to 5%.
包括奖金在内的平均工资增长已从3.9%降至3.7%。剔除奖金后，平均薪资增长从3.6%上升至3.7%。
Average wage growth, including bonuses, has fallen to 3.7% from 3.9%. Stripping out bonuses, average pay growth rose to 3.7% from 3.6%.
平均薪资增长仍高于3.1%的头条通胀率，这令英国央行利率制定者感到担忧，他们担心高于预期的通胀将转化为更高的薪资涨幅，进而推高消费者价格指数（CPI）记录的未来价格涨幅。
Average pay growth remains above the 3.1% headline rate of inflation, which is of concern to Bank of England interest rate setters, who fear higher-than-expected inflation will translate into higher wage awards, fuelling future prices rises recorded by the consumer prices index (CPI).