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0 pointswill42746y ago0 comments

When you consider that it's 0.9% in the past year, and 3.2% total in the 39 years prior to that, it seems more like something to celebrate.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm

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FabHK6y ago

Agreed, though the number you cited is increase of average real weekly earnings over that year, seasonally adjusted, while the much worse numbers quoted from the article are not even median, but 10th percentile of real wages, IIRC.

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0 pointswill42746y ago0 comments

When you consider that it's 0.9% in the past year, and 3.2% total in the 39 years prior to that, it seems more like something to celebrate.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm

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FabHK6y ago

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