kleeon [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-211 months ago"Americans are adamant that US economic circumstances are getting worse. They're wrong"hexbear.netimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1197arrow-down1image"Americans are adamant that US economic circumstances are getting worse. They're wrong"hexbear.netkleeon [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square108fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareD61 [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoThe weasel wording of “rate of hourly earnings” and not “net income per paycheck”. If your hourly wages increase but the number of hours you work is less than it was before, then your income has effectively been cut.
minus-squareplinky [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoI should have made clear this is bls data, i don’t know what ft is citing outside of vibes
The weasel wording of “rate of hourly earnings” and not “net income per paycheck”.
If your hourly wages increase but the number of hours you work is less than it was before, then your income has effectively been cut.
I should have made clear this is bls data, i don’t know what ft is citing outside of vibes