Labour Cash Earnings & Household Spending (Jul.)

We wouldn’t read too much into the slowdown in wage growth in July as it was driven by volatile bonus payments. Base pay continues to grow at a healthy pace. We expect wage growth to strengthen a bit further but it won’t be fast enough to generate 2% inflation.

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