The surge in immigration and improvement in labour supply has helped ease wage growth moderately. But, with limited scope for a further rapid recovery in the labour force, we think a sustained period of weaker labour demand is required to pull wage growth down further. We expect that will happen in the second half of the year, as a mild recession weighs on labour demand.
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