Today’s official release confirmed that labour cash earnings were still subdued in May, but we can already be confident that higher summer bonuses will deliver much better headlines for June and July. The big unknown is whether regular pay will also start to pick up. If it doesn’t, Japanese households will view the prospect of higher price inflation much less favourably.
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