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Pay awards: the calm before the April fall

Pay awards remain comfortably above inflation, but look set to dip as details of the April pay round emerge, according to the latest analysis from IRS.

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Key influences on pay awards
Findings from the IRS pay databank
Public sector starts to cut back
Looking ahead to April deals
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Table 1: Private sector pay awards, March 2008 to March 2009
Chart 1: Pay review pattern, March 2008 to March 2009
Table 2: Whole-economy pay awards, March 2008 to March 2009
State of play in key negotiations
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