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Inflation yaay! (lemmy.world)
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[-] r00ty@kbin.life 25 points 2 years 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.

[-] rdy97@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

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