The more muted rise in wages last quarter should mollify the RBA’s concerns that the surge in inflation will trigger a wage-price spiral. While the fading impact of last year’s outsized minimum wage hike was probably the key driver, we think that sluggish pay growth in enterprise bargaining agreement will keep a lid on wage growth for the foreseeable future.
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