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Japan Labour Cash Earnings (Jan. 2023)

Wage growth fell sharply in January to its weakest in almost two years due largely to a slowdown in the growth of regular and overtime hours worked. Real wages posted the worst fall since the Global Financial crisis and that poses downside risks to our spending forecasts.

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