Markets Today: UK Unemployment Hits 4-Year High, Gold Advances, FTSE 100 Eyes 200-Point Rally
In the UK, regular pay (not including bonuses) increased by 4.6% in the three months leading up to September 2025 compared to the year before. The average regular weekly pay was GBP 684. This rate of increase was slightly slower than the 4.7% rise seen in the previous three months and matched what analysts expected.















