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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Wages data surprises on the strong side

From Merrill Lynch:

The (seasonally adjusted) June quarter wage cost index came in at 1.0% qoq slightly greater than the market had expected (at 0.9%) and accelerating from the 0.9% qoq gain in the previous quarter. Through the year (seasonally adjusted) wage growth was 3.7% yoy. Private sector wages grew 1.0% (up 3.9% yoy) and public sector wages also gained 1.0% (up 3.2%yoy).
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