ECB wage tracker shows stable wage growth ahead
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FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch/File Photo
FRANKFURT, May 6 (Reuters) - Euro zone negotiated wage growth trends are largely unchanged since the start of the Iran war, the European Central Bank's wage tracker showed on Wednesday, offering policymakers who fear runaway inflation some mild comfort.
Negotiated wage growth with smoothed and unsmoothed one-off payments both indicated 2.6% growth in 2026, unchanged from the last projection in late March, the ECB said, based on data collected up to the middle of April.
Wage developments are now closely scrutinized as surging energy prices push up inflation and large-scale demands for worker compensation could set off a hard-to-break wage-price spiral.
(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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