This is hard to reconcile with the more reliable but less up-to-date quarterly figures, showing pay rises at 3.7%, lagging price inflation. But statistical confusion will work itself out over time. Meanwhile, these figures will do nothing to discourage the Bank of England from raising interest rates a third time the next time its interest rate setters meet.

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