In addition, unit labor costs have declined sharply over the past year due to the combination of unusually rapid productivity growth and slowing
labor compensation growth (Chart 28).
Not exact matches
On the wage side, though there's always variance, most wage and
compensation series have been stuck at around 2 % year - over-year
growth (nominal) with some, but not much, evidence of acceleration in response to the tightening
labor market.
The variable you want to look to evaluate that possibility is the
growth in unit
labor costs, which tells you how fast
compensation is growing relative to productivity.
The most significant cause of this disconnect is the widening of profit margins of recent years, which is closely related to the sluggish
growth of
labor compensation.
I'm not just talking about more unemployment, but about less
compensation growth for
labor in total.
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