• r00ty@kbin.life
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    1 year ago

    Sadly, while the inflation rate is positive, it’s cumulative on the previous >1.5 years of high inflation. So, unless we’re paid more sometime soon, we’re still being permanently short-changed.

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      1 year ago

      Literally just pay attention to the real wages component of the same BLS release CPI is included in