Wage settlements accelerating to 2.5 percent in the three months to the end of October, up from 2.2 percent in the three months to the end of September.
But inflation is higher, and continued consumer spending has come at the expense of eroded savings and is likely unsustainable, and annual growth in consumer spending is lackluster.
Archer said: "The pick-up in consumer spending quarter on quarter 0.5 from 0.2, but year rate was only 1 percent the weakest since Q1 2017."
"Consumer spending picked up but at the expense of consumers having to dip into their savings. Real household disposable income was only up 0.2 percent quarter on quarter and 0.4 percent year on year, so the savings ratio fell back to 5.2 percent from 5.6 percent."
Consumer spending figures also benefited from weak sterling, with more foreign visitors coming to Britain, while Britons made domestic vacations, said Archer.
The Q3 figures point to growth of 1.8 percent this year, not far off the long-term trend rate of 2 to 2.5 percent.
Archer said: "It now looks like growth this year will come in at 1.8 percent, assuming growth remains the same at 0.4 percent in Q4."
Global economic growth is robust, and Archer said it would be expected that an open economy like Britain's would benefit from that and record stronger growth.
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