return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agoInflation is cooling, yet many Americans are still living paycheck to paycheckwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down117cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.mlaboringdystopia@lemmy.worldeconomics@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkInflation is cooling, yet many Americans are still living paycheck to paycheckwww.cnbc.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.mlaboringdystopia@lemmy.worldeconomics@lemmy.ml
minus-squareIamSparticles@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·15 hours agoYeah. Because wages have remained stagnant, or even decreased relative to prices. Inflation is supposed to be a response to people making more money, but that never happened. So now we’re all just effectively poorer.
Yeah. Because wages have remained stagnant, or even decreased relative to prices. Inflation is supposed to be a response to people making more money, but that never happened. So now we’re all just effectively poorer.