The recent slump in wage growth reflects sampling changes as well as falling working hours. Given the current level of the unemployment rate, wages should be growing by around 1% and we expect a rebound in working hours to provide a tailwind over coming months. But as economic activity remains weak and the labour market slackens, we expect wage growth to keep falling short of last year’s strong gains.
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