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[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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