Inflation is now being driven by wage growth rather than just the temporary influence of energy effects and goods shortages, raising fears that central banks will be forced to engineer sharp increases in unemployment to tame it. But we argue that slowing profits, falling inflation expectations and improved labour market matching will all contribute to weaker prices pressures. This supports our forecast that wage growth will return to sustainable rates with only modest rises in unemployment rates of under 1ppt.
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