The amount of slack in the euro-zone’s labour market diminished slightly at the end of last year. But crucially, it remained higher than it was in 2019 and it is unlikely to have fallen much further at the start of this year. Accordingly, there is still little risk of a surge in wage inflation that would trouble the ECB.
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