Wage growth turned negative in December due to another fall in end-of-year bonus payments, but it should soon bounce back above 1% y/y this year as the labour market tightens and strong corporate profits feed into a recovery in bonuses. Meanwhile, the fall in household spending in December is largely old news as it comes after the release of strong consumption data for December from the BoJ.
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