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Pill: Some Easing Of Labour Market Tightness, 3M/3M Pay Growth Turning

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BoE's Pill continues his opening remarks:

  • He highlights that the flat GDP growth recently is "much better" than seen in the Bank's forecasts in H2-22.
  • Pill notes we have seen some turnaround in some indicators of tightness in the labour market - ratio of vacancies to unemployed and job-to-job flows - and there are questions how much we should place emphasis on these (see chart from his slide deck below).
  • He says private sector pay growth has shown "quite a bit of stubbornness" if looking at the headline gauges, but looking at 3m/3m it's starting to fall.
  • Forward-looking indicators such as the REC have fallen quite sharply. Our sense at the moment is there is more clear sign of some turning in wage momentum, but this seems to be suggesting it is getting stuck at what would have been seen pre-pandemic at levels above those consistent with the inflation target.

Source: Update and outlook - slides from Huw Pill

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