real wages

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By the time he was a teenager, he had lived through the 1982 debt crisis, then the devaluation of the peso, and the explosion of the maquiladora factory system, all of which conspired to sink real wages in northern Mexico dramatically.

From Slate

Going forward, the ILO said its modelling suggested that a moderate increase in trade policy uncertainty "may reduce returns to labour and, as a consequence, real wages for both skilled and unskilled workers across all sectors", especially in Southeast Asia, Southern Asia and Europe.

From Barron's

But what the President really needs is what he promised in the campaign, which is rising real wages.

From The Wall Street Journal

This advice might seem counterintuitive because historically, job hopping has paid off for workers: from April 2021 to March 2022, employees who switched companies saw a 9.7% year-over-year increase in real wages, which is your pay adjusted for inflation, according to data from Pew Research Center.

From MarketWatch

Increased reliance on credit has become an unfortunate necessity for many in an environment of thin household savings, stagnant real wages, stubborn inflation.

From Barron's