A closer look at different measures of wages growth in Japan shows that, contrary to most analysis, the economic recovery in recent years has not been a “wageless” phenomenon. Even continued modest growth in nominal wages should be sufficient to support a recovery in real consumer spending as headline inflation falls sharply.
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