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Inflation is rising faster than wages

Posted on: August 15, 2018 at 23:25:05 CT

ScottsdaleTiger MU

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The chart is "real wages" which means they are adjusted for inflation and it is up, i.e. oil/gas, up more than the nominal increase in wages and therefore real wages are down.

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Why are wages down? - MrBlueSky MU - 8/15 20:01:51

Inflation is rising faster than wages - ScottsdaleTiger MU - 8/15 23:25:05

You're too complex for 80% here, and 100% of the liberals - Coors4bob MU - 8/16 00:06:54

Wages are up - Spanky KU - 8/15 20:43:28

Not in my hood - Ferg STL - 8/15 20:41:51

Inflation is outpacing gdp at substantial rate(nm) - recruiter MU

- 8/15 20:18:11

Corporations are using their deficit busting - JG MU

- 8/15 20:11:52

RE: Corporations are using their deficit busting - THEGROVE68 MU - 8/16 00:17:27

Weird. 275,000 employees where I work were given 50 shares - TigerMatt STL - 8/15 20:57:55

I would guess - MrBlueSky MU - 8/15 21:10:41

And they could have bought stock with their bonus(nm) - tman MU - 8/16 00:21:39

people became millionaires during the great depression - JG MU

- 8/15 21:09:35

Ding ding. (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 8/15 20:21:36

You have to wonder if republigistians EVER - JG MU

- 8/15 20:41:37

cool word dude nm - redngray MU - 8/15 21:13:38

thanks - JG MU

- 8/15 21:45:51

What happened in 2014 that started the downward trend? - TGR84 MU - 8/15 20:05:02