Trend towards self employment to keep a lid on wages growth

Wages growth has remained remarkably subdued in recent months, with last month’s data showing annual average earnings growth of just 3.2%. But with the labour market data also showing employment picking up strongly, the inevitable concern is that the tightening of the labour market will soon start feeding through into higher wage inflation.

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