article_snippet.sent: that's more families with the stability and security of a regular pay packet. '
article_snippet.sent: – jobs that are giving families security, putting food on tables, helping people out of poverty. '
article_snippet.sent: Average earnings increased by 1.7 per cent in the year to February, 0.2 per cent down on the previous month.
article_snippet.sent: The balance, common sense, fairness and financial discipline praised by the IMF today are the things we have brought to government.'
article_snippet.sent: Together with zero price inflation, the jobs boom is helping improve real incomes despite the fact that wage pressure remains subdued.
article_snippet.sent: However, the rise in employment and real wages continues to mask severe underlying weakness in labour productivity.
article_snippet.sent: This will have to improve markedly if the current recovery in living standards is to be sustained into the medium and long-term.'