TOKYO: Japanese wages fell in December for a ninth straight month, declining the most since June 2015, as employers remained fearful of the profit outlook amid a global resurgence of the coronavirus.
Labour cash earnings slid 3.2% from a year earlier, weighed down by a drop in year-end bonuses, labor ministry data showed. Economists had predicted a bigger overall fall of 4.8% that would have been the worst reading since the 2009 financial crisis.
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