Wage growth not as strong as LFS suggests

Annual wage growth according to the Labour Force Survey looks set to rise towards almost 4% in the coming months, but experience suggests that it is probably exaggerating the true strength of wages. As the proportion of firms facing labour shortages has dropped back sharply this year, wage growth according to the other more reliable measures is likely to rise only modestly, to around 2.5%.

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