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Speech given at the Resolution Foundation, London.
Published on
13 January 2017
The jobless rate is down to 4.8% and the number of vacancies is around a record high, but pay growth has repeatedly undershot forecasts, with little sign of significantly higher growth in 2017.
In this talk, Michael examines the labour market, and in particular why the response of wage growth to falling unemployment has been limited.
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