After all, companies can
offset wage gains with jobs cuts losses and automation.
Not exact matches
Historically, job increases and
wage gains have buoyed the housing market and served as an
offset to rising mortgage rates, warding off extreme scenarios such as plunging house prices.
One might argue that
wage gains and lower tax brackets
offset some of the concerns associated with higher borrowing costs.
An improving labor market and steady
wage gains have
offset the rise in interest rates since Donald Trump's U.S. presidential win in November and tight inventories nationwide, analysts said.