The survey-based and anecdotal evidence has been pointing to a sharp acceleration in wage growth for some time, yet the growth rate of the monthly average hourly earnings measure has remained unusually muted. But the alternative quarterly employment cost index, which was the Fed's preferred wage measure during the Greenspan era, now shows an indisputable acceleration in wage growth in the second and third quarters.
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