We are unconvinced by Cristine Lagarde’s claim that the recent strength of employment in the euro-zone is due mainly to labour hoarding and shifts in the sectoral composition of employment. Instead, we suspect it is mainly due to understaffed firms filling vacancies that opened up post pandemic. If so, that process may well support employment and wage growth in the rest of the year.
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