Despite the highest inflation in 40-years, real wages are higher than pre-pandemic as of March 2022. Real wages in March 2022, as calculated by the ratio of Avg. Hrly Earnings to CPI, is actually up 1.8% since Jan 2020!
Average Hourly Earnings are of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees, Total Private, which Paul Krugman used in his Jan 25th op-ed discussing
the inflation narrative.
Source: Ratio of Average Hourly Earnings to CPI
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Alex DamianouWhat would you say is the driver behind real wages being higher than pre-pandemic levels despite rising inflation? Also, Krugman and I have beef, so I'm gonna apply a discount to his op-ed :)
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