The Office for National Statistics reckons that 1.1% of the current 6.2% growth rate for private-sector earnings is due to bonuses.
At a time when the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that 1.07 million people 55 and older are unemployed and looking for work, the Internet is an increasingly useful tool for older people looking for jobs and a sense of community, said Deborah Russell the AARP's director of workforce issues.
Treasury statistics show that while 1, 181 people are registered as unemployed, there were still more than 300 jobs being advertised at the job centre.
But, as the PMI's manufacturing numbers confirm, the picture painted by these private surveys is a good deal stronger than that shown so far by the Office for National Statistics, which highlighted an alarming 1% fall in official manufacturing output in February.
Office for National Statistics data indicated the economy grew by 1.0%, boosted by Olympic ticket sales.
Coming in at 0.1%, the July statistics still showed sluggish growth in the European retail sector, but it was after all, still growth.
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Compared with a year ago sales rose by 1.6%, the statistics office said.
According to its calculations, the construction industry contributed 8.5% to GDP in 2008 (the Office of National Statistics weighting is a more modest 6.1% of GDP).
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In the face of these grim statistics, OPEC decided last month to pump 1.5m fewer barrels a day (about 2% of global consumption), starting from November 1st.
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Hospitals in England admitted 1, 173, 386 patients for treatment for alcohol-related problems in 2010-11, NHS statistics show, up 9% on the 1, 056, 962 in 2009-10, the first time the figure topped 1 million.
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The Office for National Statistics calculates the gender pay gap at 17.1%, up from 17% the year before.
The Office for National Statistics said that sales in December were 0.1% lower than November, but clothing and food sales particularly struggled.
The Stoxx Europe 600 closed less than 0.1% higher, as the British statistics were offset by an upbeat outlook for the German economy.
Police statistics show that, in a region of around 1.8m people, over 1, 500 sectarian incidents and attacks were logged in the year through March, with more than 60 emergency evacuations since then.
As a woman CEO of a technology company, I am thrilled to see statistics that show that women are starting businesses at 1.5 times the national average and, more importantly, women-owned firms are doing better than men-owned businesses have done over the past 14 years.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), GDP fell by 0.1% in the second quarter of 2011.
Annual figures from the country's Statistics Office also show the German economy has shrunk by 1.4% when compared with a year ago.
Statistics from South East Coast Ambulance Service said there were 1, 544 calls between 22:00 GMT on New Year's Eve and 04:00 GMT on New Year's Day.
The Office for National Statistics said that gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.0% in the three months from July to September, having contracted in the previous three quarters.
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Judging by evidence from Argentina, the only country in Latin America to publish statistics on tax returns of top earners, the richest 1% are still pulling ahead of the rest.
In 1, 000s from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 1.9%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
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The national average is 8.1 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
These figures reported by Statistics Canada resulted in a weaker loonie which fell to almost 1.0670 versus the U.S. dollar.
Output declined 1.9% from the same month last year, after falling 1.6% in September, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said.
The figures show an unrevised rise of 0.9% on the quarter and year-on-year growth of 1.8%, the Office for National Statistics said.
This survey compounds recent figures from the Office for National Statistics which revealed that retail sales in December were 0.1% lower than November.
The report's ratings are based on statistics kept by the department for airlines that carry at least 1 percent of the passengers who flew domestically last year.
Data from Elstat, the country's statistics agency, showed that the number of jobless climbed to 1.08 million, or 21.9% of the work force, up from a revised 21.4% rate in February.
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