Wage growth has been stronger than expected, according to labour market data. This could be explained by the public sector wage settlement. Due to planned wage rises in certain domains - including pay rises for doctors, judges and prosecutors, and employees of nurseries - the growth of average wages in the public sector overall (13.5% y/y) exceeded that of the national economy in February.
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