According to the survey carried out by the consulting firm ECA International, only 37% of the countries in the world expect wages to increase in 2023.
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Employees in Europe will be among the most affected, as a fall of 1.5% is expected. In the UK, for example, wages are projected to decline by 4% in 2023.
In United States, although next year there will be a reversal with an increase of 1%, the drop will be 4.5% by 2023.
(This is the price the dollar should have without the ‘Colombia factor’).
The top five of the countries with the most significant decreases forecast for 2023 are completed by: Argentina (-26.1%), Sri Lanka (-20.5%), Turkey (-14.4%), Pakistan (-11, 9%) and Ghana (-9.9%).
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On the contrary, Asia is home to eight of the ten countries that are expected to see the greatest increase in wages. India (4.6%), Vietnam (4%), China (3.8%), Brazil (3.4%) and Saudi Arabia (2.3%) stand out.
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