February's payroll figures suggest that nominal wages and salaries growth slowed in the first quarter and discouraging job quality trends suggest that wages might not improve much in this quarter either. Meanwhile, faster rising consumer prices will restrain gains in real wages. Accordingly, over the first half of this year household spending is likely to prove less supportive to overall GDP growth.
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