Wages have been outpacing inflation — but there’s a catch
Mar 12, 2024

Wages have been outpacing inflation — but there’s a catch

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Plenty of lower- and middle-income workers have been playing catch-up and are trying to dig out of debt.

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Even as hourly wages outpace inflation, rising prices take a bite

Mar 12, 2024
It’s been harder for lower- and middle-income households to afford higher food, rent and gas prices without getting into debt.
“We see higher wage growth since the recovery. But if people are working less, their total earnings are still less than inflation,” said ADP's Liv Wang.
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What lawmakers slipped into the $460 billion spending package

Mar 12, 2024
Earmarks promise to spend money on specific projects requested by individual members of Congress.
In this latest funding package, there are more than 6,000 earmarks totaling more than $12 billion, according to an analysis by Bloomberg Government.
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James Graham Producer, BBC
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