Japan Labour Cash Earnings (July 24)

While weaker growth in bonus payments weighed on overall wage growth, base pay rose by the most since 1992 in July and we think it will continue to surge in the coming months. The preliminary estimate released today showed that labour cash earnings slowed from 4.5% to 3.6% in July.

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