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Japan Wages & Household Spending (Nov. 2021)

Wage growth fell to zero in November due a slump in bonus payments, but it should accelerate as the labour market tightens and the recent reopening feeds into a renewed recovery in overtime and bonus payments. Meanwhile, the small fall in household spending in November poses a slight downside risk to our view that consumer spending rebounded strongly in Q4.

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