Europe’s Inflation Outlook Depends on How Corporate Profits Absorb Wage Gains
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Higher prices so far mostly reflect increases in profits and import costs, but labor costs are picking up

That graph is interesting. Wonder what exactly caused the sudden labor cost increase in 2020. I can imagine it either being the “great resignation” or some other pandemic effect, but it would be great if someone with more insight could say something.

Long period of underemployment and gradual employment gains following the credit fueled recession in 2009, is possibly one factor. In other words, the slack finally came out.

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