Japan has a 2.5% unemployment rate and a higher labor participation rate than America so its labor market is tight. However, economists are only expecting 1% wage growth in Japan in 2018. Will America become Japanified?
via upfina: The April jobs report in the US wasn’t great as there were misses across the board. The total jobs created was 164,000 which missed estimates of 191,000. The participation rate missed estimates for 62.9%, coming in at 62.8%. Furthermore, the year over year hourly earnings growth was 2.6% which missed estimates for 2.7% … Read more