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Johnny2X2X

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14. Real wages are falling again

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Original post)

Thu Jul 2, 2026, 10:34 AM

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After years of real wage gains under Biden and into the early part of this Trump term, wage growth is lagging inflation again under Trump for the 4th month in a row now. People were getting ahead and are no w falling behind again.

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***Breaking*** US job market face plants with June BLS jobs report [View all] Johnny2X2X Thursday OP

I'm sure June will be revised down too. bearsfootball516 Thursday #1

Tbh can see this happening in my local supermarkets bucolic_frolic Thursday #2

I follow the data closely Johnny2X2X Thursday #5

More and more, it looks like stagflation is becoming a reality. Wiz Imp Thursday #11

Low numbers, probably much lower............... Lovie777 Thursday #3

I remember when the right screamed about downward revisions to prior months' jobs numbers under Biden. LonePirate Thursday #4

NYT Headline foe jobs report fmdaddio Thursday #21

So now, through June, Trump has averaged +42,000 jobs per month Wiz Imp Thursday #6

103,000? Johnny2X2X Thursday #7

I used January 2024 to January 2025 Wiz Imp Thursday #9

I think the auto industry Is going to be the first to crash followed by housing and banks going under yaesu Thursday #8

Will be different than 2008/9 Johnny2X2X Thursday #13

Winning! Raftergirl Thursday #10

What happened to all of those experts gab13by13 Thursday #12

It amazes me that people just don't pay attention enough Johnny2X2X Thursday #19

Yep. Good post. Very true. awesomerwb1 Thursday #26

Real wages are falling again Johnny2X2X Thursday #14

Would like to see your take on my big conspiracy theory about cyber-currencies gab13by13 Thursday #15

Probably part of it Johnny2X2X Thursday #16

MaddowBlog-Job numbers disappoint again as 2026 reaches halfway point LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #17

A disaster Johnny2X2X Thursday #18

Holy crap. 115,000 seems like a low target to begin with. RandomNumbers Thursday #20

The media is a joke Johnny2X2X Thursday #22

I don't get how it is positive at all WSHazel Thursday #23

Not close to that many Johnny2X2X Thursday #24

You are citing Trump's census department for that net migration number WSHazel Thursday #25