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CEE: labour market conditions likely to remain tight

Labour markets across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have remained tight over the past year despite the weakness in economic activity and we think this will remain the case as recoveries gather pace into 2024 and structural demographic headwinds remain strong. We think this will limit how quickly wage growth – and core inflation – eases and prevent interest rates from being cut as fast as most expect.

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