wages

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“Real wage growth is slowing, real wages are falling outright in some countries,” said Claus Vistesen, chief eurozone economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Business groups said the tax increase would negatively impact the hotel industry, which is already reeling from a lack of demand and the threat of incoming increased minimum wages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“The longer inflation remains above our goal, the greater the risk that it feeds into expectations and becomes embedded in wages, contracts, and pricing behavior,” Hammack says.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Sources have told BBC Sport the new contract, which is likely to be a minimum of three years, would be worth a major increase on his current wages.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

She placed her note on top of a stack of bills—nine hundred dollars of her saved-up wages.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng