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Jul 16, 2026

Workers are barely getting ahead in this economy

On today’s program, we’ll look at why real earnings are stagnating.

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What happens when wages grow at the same rate as inflation
by Mitchell Hartman
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Even with the latest decline in inflation, real earnings have stagnated over the past year.
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The Team

Kimberly Adams Host
Meredith Garretson Morbey Supervising Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Senior Producer
Ariana Rosas Producer
Erika Soderstrom Associate Producer
Tamar Faggen Assistant Producer
Ashley Rodriguez Assistant Producer
Emma Condon Assistant Producer
Dylan Miettinen Digital Producer
Brian Allison Audio Engineer
David Schreck Audio Engineer
Sam Keenan Audio Engineer