real wages

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Italy is the only EU country where real wages have declined since 1990, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

From Barron's

They have each advanced a neoliberal gangster capitalist regime that has seen the financialization of almost every aspect of American life; a decline in intergenerational mobility and real wages; and a regime of globalization.

From Salon

"We're going to get to a place where America makes stuff again, real wages are going to be up, profits are going to be up".

From BBC

Real wages have been growing for a year-and-a-half running.

From Salon

Frustrating to Democratic stalwarts is the fact that not all voters have been moved by improving economic indicators, with the buying power of “real wages” growing nationally over the last year.

From Los Angeles Times