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Labour shortages little threat to German wage restraint

There is less spare capacity in Germany’s labour market than elsewhere in the euro-zone, and economic activity is set to regain its pre-crisis level before long. However, we think wage inflation (which has fallen sharply in the past year) will increase only gradually and will remain too low rather than too high.

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