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frockington1 on March 8, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Food Prices Are Soaring Faster Than Inflation and ...

The data does not support this, wages have been in the 2-4% rate for a while now. Seems tied to economic conditions rather than who is president.

Source: https://www.epi.org/nominal-wage-tracker

whelming_wave on March 9, 2021 [–]

The data does, really - on an off-hand search I found this[1], though I'm sure many more could be found. The US has trailed the rest of the world for decades on wage growth and income equality.

[1]: https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/

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