Firms continue to expect wage and cost growth to ease https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=243736 Wage growth, change over the next 12 months (balance of opinion,* left scale) Input price growth, change over the next 12 months (balance of opinion,† left scale) Average expected wage increase, change over the next 12 months (year-over-year percentage change, right scale) 2.6113.0010.00 22.0014.003.03 20.000.003.01 26.0025.003.42 3.3722.0025.00 3.7530.0018.00 18.003.1526.00 7.0023.003.92 15.002.003.03 3.23-6.007.00 3.00-7.0013.00 11.0013.003.22 10.002.796.00 -35.001.45-4.00 -21.002.159.00 0.003.3124.00 2.5546.0020.00 20.0043.004.02 4.378.0050.00 4.8072.007.00 5.1616.0068.00 5.8412.0061.00 4.92-39.0038.00 31.004.66-39.00 22.004.67-49.00 4.48-53.00-19.00 -50.004.30-63.00 -57.004.13-22.00 -48.00-18.004.12 -32.00-46.003.42 -28.00-36.003.52 -33.00-42.003.26