Japan Labor Cash Earnings y/y

Country: Japan, JPY
Importance:
Low
Sector: Labor
Last release
Actual
2.4%
Forecast
2.2%
Previous
1.7%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Aug 2012
0.0%
Jul 2012
-1.6%
Jun 2012
-0.4%
May 2012
-1.1%
Apr 2012
0.2%
Mar 2012
0.9%
Feb 2012
0.1%
Jan 2012
-0.9%
Dec 2011
0.1%
Nov 2011
-0.2%
Oct 2011
0.0%
Sep 2011
-0.4%
Aug 2011
-0.4%
Jul 2011
-0.2%
Jun 2011
-0.7%
May 2011
1.0%
Apr 2011
-1.4%
Mar 2011
-0.1%
Feb 2011
0.3%
Jan 2011
0.2%

Labor Cash Earnings y/y show the change in the average income per one full-time employee (taxes are not included) in the current month compared to the same month of the previous year. The calculation includes overtime pay and bonuses and excludes dividends and income obtained from financial assets.

The indicator is used to measure inflation.

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