LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) - British core wage growth slowed again, posting its weakest rise since the three months to September 2022, according to official figures which are likely to be given a cautious welcome by the Bank of England.
Regular wages excluding bonuses grew by 6.0% in the three months to February compared with the same period a year earlier, down from an increase of 6.1% in the November-to-January period the Office for National Statistics said.
A Reuters poll of economists had forecast growth in regular wages - which are in the sights of the BoE as it considers when to start cutting interest rates - would slow by more to 5.8%.
Sterling fell slightly against the U.S. dollar and euro immediately after the data was published.
Growth in total pay, which includes more volatile bonus payments, was unchanged at 5.6%. (Reporting by Suban Abdulla Editing by William Schomberg)
