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Wage growth not being held back by mix of jobs created

The slowdown in payroll employment growth over the past year or so has been concentrated in low wage occupations, indicating that the overall mix of jobs being created has improved. This makes the recent weakness of wage growth even more puzzling, and suggests that the economy might be a little further away from ‘full employment’ than we had thought.

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