Summary: March quarter price indices similar to previous quarters; result largely “pre-pandemic”; ABS underutilisation rate points to slowdown; economists forecast a difficult period for household incomes. After unemployment increased and wage growth slowed during the GFC, a resources investment boom prompted a temporary recovery back to nearly 4% per annum. However, from mid-2013 through to the September quarter of 2016, the pace of wage increases slowed until mid-2017 when it...