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Yo_Mama

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15. If you add a lot of jobs and with retirements you expect a lower wage average.

Reply to OhioChick (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2015, 10:54 PM

Jan 2015

Table A shows 111,000 more employed, but not-in-labor force increasing by 456,000. So this seems to be a mix factor and not a prevailing wage reduction.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.a.htm

All the other factors look good - notice particularly the large reduction in the teen unemployment rate.

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U.S. seems stuck with slow wage growth despite strong jobs data [View all] OhioChick Jan 2015 OP

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Of course that will go to hell nichomachus Jan 2015 #9

The way I look at it. rtracey Jan 2015 #10

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Mother fucking assholes, lark Jan 2015 #12

we need worker action to send a message, walk out, call in sick, massive protest - something! whereisjustice Jan 2015 #14

If you add a lot of jobs and with retirements you expect a lower wage average. Yo_Mama Jan 2015 #15