UK Statistics August 2010

Statistics contains the recent history of past statistics as well as the new monthly figures. It is published and updated every month; this is a compilation of 46 economic indicators and other useful statistics, with tables of data, including Retail Prices Indices (RPI), Consumer Prices Index (CPI), Average Earnings Index (AEI), Average Weekly Earnings (AWE)*, National Insurance (NI), Section 148, Bank Base Rates and Pension Scheme Earnings Cap.

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* Please note: Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) has replaced Average Earnings Index (AEI) as the lead measure of short-term changes in earnings. From September 2010, AWE will serve as the only measure of UK short term earnings. The AWE series published is the equivalent measure of the AEI series previously published, that is, total pay - whole economy - seasonally adjusted - including bonus - excluding arrears. In addition, separate AWE series for Regular Pay and Bonus Pay are published by the Office for National Statistics. Series are also published segregating average weekly earnings by sector.