Market News Briefing – Oct. 19th 2016 09:30 (GMT+1)

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The U.K. labor market is losing momentum and there are signs of growing pressure on household incomes as inflation picks up.
The number of people in work rose by 106,000 in the quarter through August, down from increases above 170,000 in recent months.

The jobless rate is still at a 11-year low of 4.9 percent, but real wage growth slowed to its weakest level since early 2015.

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