We think that faster wage growth in the core countries will drive aggregate euro-zone wage growth up over the next few years, prompting the ECB to raise interest rates. But wage growth in the periphery looks set to be much weaker, and might even start to fall next year. What’s more, tighter monetary policy would choke off recoveries in those countries before their economies have returned to full capacity.
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