Real wages

OECD: Greek economy to grow 2% in 2024

The Greek economy remains resilient and is expected to grow at a rate of 2% in 2024 and 2.5% in 2025 as rising employment and real wages and strong tourism boost consumption, according to the OECD's six-monthly report.

Despite the slowdown in new job growth, the employment rate and labour force shortages remain at historically high levels, it was pointed out.

Stournaras to Bloomberg: European Central Bank must cut interest rates twice before the summer holidays

ECB should not be influenced by Fed's moves, BoG governor says during London interview - "Real wages will only reach pre-pandemic levels in 2025" - What he said about the possibility of interest rates returning below 2 percent

Greedflation not a passing storm

Inflation is, of course, not only a Greek problem or just an imported problem. It's also not like a storm that can't be dealt with and you just wait for it to pass. Nor, again, is it a neutral phenomenon: It redistributes wealth. As long as consumption holds up, producers and retailers raise prices and profits. Are we experiencing greedflation?

Wages rising in Japan but inflation eats away at consumer gains

Wages are rising in Japan more than they have in decades, at least for some workers.

But so are prices, leaving many people feeling they must scrimp more than ever.

In May, the consumer price index was up 3.2 percent from a year earlier, well above the central bank's target of about 2 percent.

The European Central Bank Predicts "Very Strong" Wage Growth over the Next Few Quarters

Wage growth in the Eurozone is expected to be "very strong" over the next few quarters, but real wages are still likely to decline given the sharp rise in inflation, according to an article in the European Central Bank's economic bulletin released on Monday. Reuters.

PM Dancila: 5pct economic growth registered by Romania in Q1 continues to be sustainable

The 5pct economic growth registered by Romania in the first quarter of this year has continued to be sustainable and to be based on the national production of goods and services, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Tuesday in the opening of the Government meeting.

Greek workers suffered highest real-wage fall in Europe last year

Real wages in Greece fell 3.5 percent in 2017 after a 1.3 percent increase in 2016, making it the largest decline in Europe last year, according to data released by the International Labor Organisation (ILO) on Tuesday.

This was also the largest decline in Greek real wages since a whopping 9.3 percent drop in 2013.

Wage squeeze worsens in Britain

Despite the lowest unemployment rate in more than four decades, real wages in the UK fell at their fastest rate in the first quarter of the year since 2014.

According to the Office for National Statistics, wages excluding bonuses rose by 2.1 percent year-on-year which was the weakest increase since July 2016 and below analyst expectations.

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