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noosphryesterday at 11:23 PM1 replyview on HN

If America was near full employment you'd be seeing real wage growth. Something that's not existed since the 1970s.


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JumpCrisscrossyesterday at 11:29 PM

> real wage growth. Something that's not existed since the 1970s

Real wages are 15% higher than they were in 1979 [1].

[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q

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