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Johnny2X2X

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10. Wage growth

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2024, 07:57 AM

Oct 4

Average hourly earnings increased 0.4% on the month and were up 4% over 12 months. 0.3% and 3.8% were expected.

Inflation is close to 2% over the last year, this very clearly shows people are doing better! And as I've said before, wage growth is even better at the bottom.

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