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Labour market almost back into balance

A growing number of indicators suggest that the labour market is no longer much tighter than it was in 2019 and that, as a result, wage growth is also likely to slow towards pre-pandemic levels soon. This suggests that most of the required adjustment in the labour market has already happened and underscores our view that the Fed doesn’t need to raise rates any further to get inflation down to 2%.

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