With labour productivity falling the most on record over the past year, unit labour cost growth has surged even as hourly earnings growth has remained sluggish. While we expect productivity growth to rebound, we also expect hourly earnings growth to accelerate. Accordingly, unit labour cost growth will remain high and services inflation will weaken only slowly.
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