Korn Ferry 2020 Salary Forecast Shows Slowing Inflation Makes for Higher Real-Wage Increases Across Most Parts of the World LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A forecast issued today by Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY) reveals that while 2020 salary increases across the globe are expected to grow at about the same rate as 2019, slowing inflation will mean an increase in real-wage salary growth. Salaries are predicted to grow at a rate of 4.9 percent globally in 2020. With a global inflation rate prediction of approximately 2.8 percent, that puts the real-wage salary increase prediction at 2.1 percent. In 2019, the salary growth ra