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Investing.com -- The European Central Bank (ECB) has released data suggesting a significant slowdown in wage growth within the euro zone this year.
The information, made public on Wednesday, comes from the ECB’s wage tracker that monitors active collective bargaining agreements.
The data indicates that wage growth, including smoothed one-off payments, is expected to decelerate to 3.1% in 2025, following a growth rate of 4.8% in 2024.
This represents a considerable easing in the pace of wage increases.
The ECB data also reveals a less pronounced downward trend when one-off payments are excluded. In this case, the wage growth rate for 2025 is estimated at 3.8%, down from 4.2% in 2024.
These projections highlight a potential shift in the euro zone’s wage growth trend.
The data suggests that workers may see slower wage increases this year, with or without the inclusion of one-off payments.
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