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Aaron Sojourner
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Labor economics @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & IZA. Former senior economist for labor at White House CEA. Minneapolis. Views mine. aaronsojourner.org Be kind • Work hard • Have fun
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Median within-worker wage growth ticked up to 4.7%, per Atlanta Fed's Wage Growth Tracker. That's faster wage growth than anytime Mar 2001 thru Dec 2021. A typical American worker can buy 2.1% more now than a year ago. Consumer prices rose 2.6% over same period. #️⃣#️⃣ https://buff.ly/3A2IHJB

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Jjkimmel.bsky.social

It’s fine. I’m below median in most things.

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Hhyperlexic.bsky.social

graph back to 1995 you coward (I’m just guessing that late 90s were high)

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Ddoug3.bsky.social

How can that be? Someone I just heard on the radio said it “feels” like wages aren’t keeping up with prices. How can that be? Someone I just heard on the radio said it “feels” like wages aren’t keeping up with prices.

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still .5 negative

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DBdocbs.bsky.social

But the vibes....

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Aaron Sojourner
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Labor economics @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & IZA. Former senior economist for labor at White House CEA. Minneapolis. Views mine. aaronsojourner.org Be kind • Work hard • Have fun
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