In the media | 30 Jun 2022

Fear and Greed: Your guide to salaries & payrises in 2022

people in meeting room in front of laptops

With an unemployment rate of just 3.9%, and a shortage of workers across a whole range of sectors, there’s a lot of pressure on wages to rise. But do employee expectations exceed what employers are willing to pay?

Kristian Kolding is the Head of Consulting at BIS Oxford Economics, and was part of the panel of experts who discussed the key findings from the HAYS Salary Guide FY22/2023. He talks to Adam Lang about salaries across a range of sectors, and whether now’s a good time to ask for a payrise.

Listen to the full interview below:

You may be interested in

Japan: Political calendar and yen will delay a rate hike to December

Post

Japan’s political calendar and yen will delay a rate hike to December

The Bank of Japan maintained its policy rate at 0.25% during Friday's meeting. Although we still expect an additional rate hike this year, we now expect that it will take place in December rather than October, given the updated political calendar and the recent yen strength.

Find Out More
The BoJ rushed a rate hike without waiting for evidence

Post

Japan’s BoJ rushed a rate hike without waiting for evidence

At Wednesday's policy meeting, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised the policy rate to 0.25% without clear evidence of wage-driven inflation in wage and consumption data. Although CPI has stayed above 2%, the core-core CPI (excluding energy and fresh foods) has been easing.

Find Out More

Post

CNN: See where inflation is the highest and lowest in America

Barbara Denham, Senior Economist, examines why some markets are seeing high inflation, and why some are not.

Find Out More