The following chart shows the average hourly earnings of private production and nonsupervisory employees. I have added an exponential trend in red.
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Note the trend failure.
The next chart shows the deviation of the hourly earnings from the long-term trend.
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Check out that recovery.
1. We're now more than 5% below the long-term trend.
2. The linear free fall continues.
Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: Average Hourly Earnings of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees: Total Private
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4 comments:
It's the new and improved normal!
mab,
Nermalized!
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Well, luckily nothing can go down forever. When those wages turn up it'll be GREAT for stocks.
I say, buy now or be priced out forever.
Anonymous,
I say, buy now or be priced out forever.
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