Inflation and labour shortages will feed into wages
Higher consumer price inflation is yet to feed into labour costs but rising demand for labour is set to change this
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- Real ULCs eased in 2021
- Yet wage pressures are building
- Labour shortages raise chance of inflation fuelling wages
- Relatively low US participation
- Employment and participation growing faster in euro-area
- Outlook
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