収入s leap 攻撃する，衝突するs 率 削減（する） hopes

By Jane Padgham
Updated: 00:00 BST, 13 June 2001

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GENEROUS public-部門 支払う／賃金 awards have driven 普通の／平均（する） 収入s growth to its highest for four years, 最新の 政府 人物／姿／数字s show. The news, a day after an 予期しない jump in インフレーション, 大打撃を与えるs another nail into the 棺 of 利益／興味 率-削減（する） hopes.

Stripping out 特別手当 es, 収入s in April were 5.3% higher than a year ago - the highest since 類似の data was first published in 1997. The rise was 非難するd on 支払う／賃金 解決／入植地s for public 部門 労働者s, 含むing teachers and doctors, which were much more generous than a year ago.

Headline 年次の 普通の／平均（する） 収入s growth for the three months to April was 5.2%, from 5% in the previous three months.

The disappointing news was …を伴ってd by another 落ちる in 失業. The claimant count dropped by 3,200 to 976,800, a 26-year low, with the 失業率 a mere 3.2%. However, 経済学者s are betting that the slowing economy will soon 誘発する／引き起こす rising 失業 and a deceleration in 収入s growth.

The 工学 雇用者s' 連合 said 支払う／賃金 解決／入植地s in the 部門 fell in May to 2%, the lowest for more than two years.

悲観論主義 over 利益／興味 率s clobbered short 英貨の／純銀の 契約s. The market 推定する／予想するs 率s to have risen to 5.5% by September, from 5.25% 現在／一般に. 英貨の／純銀の was firmer against the dollar at $1.3889.