Chart 9: Wage growth expectations have eased https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=245382 Balance of opinion * Wage Growth - Over the next 12 months, are increases in labour costs expected to be higher, lower or about the same rate as over the past 12 months? BOS: Expected wage increase, change over the next 12 months (year-over-year percentage change, right scale) BLP: Expected wage increase, change over the next 12 months (year-over-year percentage change, right scale) 13 26 25 26 35 50 37 45 32 15 11 -21 9 16 19 9 23 2 6 9 24 29 19 18 14 11 31 34 28 27 35 25 14 4 6 6 4 13 4 -47 -52 -41 -7 6 3 22 15 16 26 29 7 20 14 19 7 3 -1 4 12 17 9 11 11 2 -6 1 -3 -4 17 -5 14 21 132.61 223.03 203.01 253.42 253.37 183.75 183.15 233.92 153.03 73.23 133.00 113.22 102.79 -351.45 -212.15 03.31 202.55 434.02 504.37 724.80 685.163.4 615.84 384.923.8 314.663.5 224.673.2 -194.483.7 -504.303.4 -224.133.3 -184.123.2 -463.423.3 -363.522.9 -423.262.8 -333.372.5