Cooler U.K. wage growth has weighed on the British pound today! In case you missed it, the government just shared that average total pay rose by 8.1% from June to August compared to the same period a year earlier That's a bit lower than the record 8.5% uptick from the last three-month average! Details also revealed that earnings excluding bonuses slowed slightly from an upwardly revised 7.9% in July to 7.8% in August.