"The ‘threat’ of rising wages has been a persistent theme in the financial press since inflation began rising sharply from mid-2021. A number of media commentators have raised the risk of a wage-price spiral"
If only those commentators, and the RBA itself, paid attention to the profit-price spiral.
Iain Ross, RBA Monetary Policy Board member, pours a big bucket of rationality and cold water on suggestions there might be a wage-price spiral coming
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A Wage-price Spiral: What are the Chances? | Speeches
Speech delivered by Iain Ross AO, Monetary Policy Board member, University of Melbourne Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, Melbourne