Our wages are failing to _ _ with inflation ● A. strive for ● B. keep up ● C. open up ● D. buy into 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 句意:我们的工资跟不上通货膨站的速度。A.争取,B.跟上,C.打开,D.买进。答案:B 该空后面有介词“with”,因此所选短语所带的介词有限。再结合语境...
Are wages keeping up with inflation?Marshall Loeb
Going by official statistics, "real" wages have risen this year because pay raises have been higher than inflation. As of November, average hourly earnings had risen 4% over the previous 12 months, faster than the 2.7% rise in the cost of living (as measured by theConsumer Price In...
Even though more Americans are finding jobs — and the labor market remains strong — wages aren't keeping up with inflation, which is chipping away at household purchasing power. And food-stamp enrollment remains high, with 42.6 million people receiving benefits as of December, about 15% higher...
FOX Business’ Kelly Saberi reports from ‘Moon’s Sandwich Shop’ in Chicago, Illinois to discuss how small businesses are grappling with inflation. It’s true that inflation has plunged from its post-pandemic highs, but American workers’ "real wages" haven’t kept up with those pricey ...
Workers saw their hourly pay in June jump at the fastest clip in more than a decade. Yet some of them saw those gains erased by high levels of inflation. "Real wages" — a measure of income after accounting for the cost of goods and services people buy — fell by almost 2%, on...
In times of high inflation, the worry is that a nasty feedback loop will develop, where high costs push wages higher, leading to even higher prices and higher wages in what’s called a “wage price spiral.” “Without sustained rapid wage growth, an inf...
Let’s take wage inflation—the rate of change in wages—as a proxy for inflation in the economy. With so many workers available, there’s little need for employers to “bid” for the services of employees by paying them higher wages. In times of high unemployment, wages typically remain ...
Tim Graf, head of macro strategy for Europe, Middle East and Africa at State Street Global Markets, said that with the rapid decline in inflation in the Eurozone, real wage growth is the healthiest in decades. Until these indicators show clear signs of cooling, it is difficult to think ...
Moderately rising prices are not a problem as long as wages keep up with those price increases. While that hasn't been the case from April 2021 to April 2023, when real wages in the United States actually declined on a year-over-year basis, real wages have returned to growth since then...