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SBS On the Money: Wages growth slows but real wages turn positive

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The ABS Wage Price Index slowed to an annual rate of 3.5 per cent which is above inflation at 2.8%. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Blair Chapman from SEEK about what it means for the labour market; plus Mark Gardner from MPC Markets with all the day's sharemarket news including the latest interest rate expectations.


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The ABS Wage Price Index slowed to an annual rate of 3.5 per cent which is above inflation at 2.8%. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Blair Chapman from SEEK about what it means for the labour market; plus Mark Gardner from MPC Markets with all the day's sharemarket news including the latest interest rate expectations.


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