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Examining the threat to US equities from rising wage inflation

We expect rising wage inflation in the US to squeeze the profits of the non-financial corporate sector, which were a record high as a share of its output in Q2. This is one reason why we think the upside for the stock market there is limited, despite expecting it to continue to outperform Treasuries.

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