Rising salaries a welcome sign for industrial world
Pick-up appears to indicate that the world economy is on the mend and primed for potentially faster growth
Washington
BANK of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda is finally getting a pay raise - and so, too, are a growing number of workers throughout the industrial world.
Wages are beginning to climb in the US, Japan, the UK and Germany as tightening job markets force employers to pay workers more. That's good news for households already benefiting from a steep fall in oil prices.
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