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Vancarbon
Dec 4, 2025 2:49pm
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Hassett the spin doctor

Real wage growth in the US has been low and inconsistent recently, with inflation frequently outpacing wage increases. For example, in September 2025, real hourly earnings remained unchanged for the second consecutive month, and the annual increase was at its slowest rate since mid-2024. While nominal wages have been increasing, inflation is consuming a significant portion of these gains, resulting in sluggish or even negative real wage growth for many workers.
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Vancarbon
Dec 4, 2025 2:50pm
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Inflation outpacing wages: In September 2025, the inflation rate increased to 3%, while real hourly earnings saw no change, and real wages for blue-collar and service workers decreased by 0.1%. This indicates that the pace of price increases is larger than the pace of wage growth.

Recent trends: Data from March 2025 shows real average hourly earnings increased by 1.2% year-over-year, but this was followed by a period of stagnation.

Overall picture: While the White House maintains a positive outlook and notes nominal wage increases, recent data shows that real wages are not keeping pace with inflation, a trend that has been observed by various sources like Statista.
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Vancarbon
Dec 4, 2025 5:11pm — Edited
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Quoting Trader#4381
{quote} Not interested in mentioning those who call people with disabilities the r word and are only here to insult and denigrate. Racist bigots aren’t worth my time or anyone else’s.
Yet , you’re fine with others using the r word , fine with being the biggest bigot ( and hypocrite ) on this board .

Not to mention your narcissistic tendencies and the massive ego which needs massaging daily .

Oh bless you , keep following me around with the same old boring, tiresome narrative .

You have all the personality traits of Trump .

When someone calls you out , highlights your hypocrisy , dents your fragile ego . You quite literally go on a hate campaign , you’ve actually said it in the written format . You’ve attempted over the course of 6 months to attack, rant and abuse anyone ( particularly myself ) who challenges your narrative .

You really do need to go and have a long deep look at yourself and maybe get a third parties opinion .

Night
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Vancarbon
Dec 4, 2025 5:07pm
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Hi Fans

Just checking in

I’ll sign autographs later
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Virtutis
Dec 4, 2025 3:32pm
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until wages are close to house purchase power (pre-1970s), I don't see / feel that information they share.
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Trader#4381
Dec 4, 2025 4:16pm
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None of their comments matter, everyone knows they are going to keep cutting, just a question of which meetings next year. So it’s nothing but theater when they talk. The chair next year and multiple members are already on board with continued cuts, plus the job market is not going to improve, so that will give them all the cover they need to keep cutting. Inflation is no longer an important issue because it’s not going up anymore and the continued job loses will obviously be deflationary.

But what’s even more irrelevant is clueless posters here acting like they know things when obviously they do not. Be careful listening to clueless posters trying to sound smart, but are actually posting useless nonsense.
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Trader#DE66
Dec 4, 2025 4:20pm
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Quoting Trader#4381
None of their comments matter, everyone knows they are going to keep cutting, just a question of which meetings next year. So it’s nothing but theater when they talk. The chair next year and multiple members are already on board with continued cuts, plus the job market is not going to improve, so that will give them all the cover they need to keep cutting. Inflation is no longer an important issue because it’s not going up anymore and the continued job loses will obviously be deflationary. But what’s even more irrelevant is clueless posters here...
You can just say Vancarbon, we all know who you're talking about
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Trader#4381
Dec 4, 2025 4:37pm
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Quoting Trader#DE66
{quote} You can just say Vancarbon, we all know who you're talking about
Not interested in mentioning those who call people with disabilities the r word and are only here to insult and denigrate. Racist bigots aren’t worth my time or anyone else’s.
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Trader#9898
Dec 5, 2025 6:35am
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Hassett : Fed Chair Needs To Be Data-responsive Person
Miran (on Nov 10th) : Believes rate decisions should be based on the economy’s future state, not current inflation or labor market data.

When you don't even get a homogeneous view from your own people....
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Trader#BFE8
Dec 4, 2025 3:53pm
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From oblivious (Powell) to clueless (Hassett).
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Trader#2D84
Dec 5, 2025 1:49am
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See, it's all fine.
The US looks like North Korea, the supreme leader declares that everyone is rich and happy
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