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MNI BRIEF: RBA Sees Wages Growth Faster Than Inflation By 2023

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The Reserve Bank of Australia has forecast that wages growth will outpace inflation by December 2023 as Australia’s unemployment rate falls to a forecasted fifty year low of 3.6%.

The RBA’s latest Statement on Monetary Policy, released on Friday, forecasts that by June 2023 wages will rise by 3.5% against a forecast CPI of 3.1% and underlying inflation also at 3.1%, See: MNI INTERVIEW: RBA's Harper Says Wages Need 4% Growth.

Wages growth has lagged inflation over the last few years and had been a key factor in the RBA’s dovishness, a cycle which ended this week as the bank raised rates by 25 basis points to 0.35%. In its decision on Tuesday, the RBA said its liaison programme had reported that wages were rising across the board in Australia. The last wage price index showed a 2.3% increase for 2021, with new data for the first quarter of 2022 due for release on May 18.

At 2.3% wages are significantly lower than current CPI inflation, which is at 5.1%.

MNI Sydney Bureau | +61-405-322-399 | lachlan.colquhoun.ext@marketnews.com
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