The improved employment situation supported by
rising unit labor costs is pushing the core inflation rate higher.
The improved employment situation supported by
rising unit labor costs is pushing the core inflation rate higher.
Not exact matches
With the economy already at full employment and more and more signs of higher wage and
unit labor cost inflation, the risks are
rising that it will be PCE moving up to CPI.
Chart 5 below highlights that despite its well - known productivity growth,
unit labor costs are on the
rise as wage growth has outpaced that of productivity.
US worker productivity is falling, as well, as
unit labor costs
rise.
Revised Q3 data show
labor productivity among nonfarm firms
rose 3.0 % annualized in the quarter and
unit labor costs fell 1.5 %.
Unit labor costs, an important component of core inflations, are
rising at more than 3 %.