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The Wage Phillips Curve
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Last updated 29 Dec 2017
Standard textbook economics suggests that, once unemployment falls below the natural rate, we expect to see a pick up in wage growth and labour cost pressures that might trigger accelerating inflation. New data from the Bank of England finds that wage growth has been weak relative to the unemployment rat. How much further can UK unemployment fall before the orthodox wage Phillips Curve re-emerges?
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