labour costs

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Rising labour costs in Spain (5.2% vs. 3.4% in eurozone) and economic policy uncertainty, Bank of Spain’s concerns

Banca March: Economic policy uncertainty and rising labour costs, the two concerns of the governor of the Bank of Spain, Hernández de Cos, who pointed out the need for greater regulatory quality and a strengthening of business confidence, in a political context in which companies are negatively impacted by the situation of uncertainty. All this, accompanied by an increase in non-wage labour costs -see graph- at the top of the…


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European labour costs slightly higher, bad news for competitiveness

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, released Thursday data on hourly labour costs in the euro zone and in the EU. In both instances, the records indicate a very small increase but enough to strengthen the argument of those governments introducing wide-reach labour market reforms. Hourly labour costs in the euro area rose by 2.8% in the year up to the fourth quarter of 2011, compared with 2.6%…