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Wage (Common) Phillips Curve Offers BoC Continued Confidence To Cut [3/3]

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  • The Canadian Wage Phillips curve meanwhile offers less optimism when it comes to the monthly average hourly earnings data from labor force survey, where all employee wage growth was still running at a particularly elevated 5.4% Y/Y in June.
  • However, the quarterly wage common measure offers a much more muted picture, tracking 3% Y/Y in Q2.
  • By better tracking historical curves, it should give the BoC greater confidence to continue its cutting cycle which it started in June before a widely expected second cut next week.
  • Of course, an improvement in Canada’s dire productivity trend (still -1% Y/Y in 1Q24) would give the Bank further conviction behind cuts, as it would help 3% wage growth be more compatible with the 2% inflation target mid-point.

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