If the current robust trend in employment growth continues, the unemployment rate could eventually fall to its lowest level since the early 1950s. But even if it does, there are several reasons to think that would be overstating the true degree of tightness in the labour market, and that the risks of a sudden surge in wage growth would remain low.
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