<h1>Economic slowdown signals: inadequate job creation and rising inflation heighten concerns about wage stagnation and inequality.</h1> The economy is in a slowdown with weak growth, inadequate job creation and high inflation: youth unemployment is reported close to forty percent, wages have stagnated for several years, and food, education and healthcare inflation is in double digits. The report asserts growing income inequality and contends that government statements understate these adverse indicators ahead of the national budget.