Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Exponential Trend Failure of the Day: Long-Term Nominal Hourly Earnings Growth (Musical Tribute)

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:

  1. mabDecember 23, 2014 at 10:24 AM

    It's the new and improved normal!

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  2. Stagflationary MarkDecember 23, 2014 at 11:18 AM

    mab,

    Nermalized!

    Nermal is a cute grey tabby whom Garfield is jealous of. He revels in his cuteness and proudly proclaims himself as the cutest kitten in the world.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 23, 2014 at 12:18 PM

    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.

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  4. Stagflationary MarkDecember 23, 2014 at 3:21 PM

    Anonymous,

    I say, buy now or be priced out forever.

    Call now and get a second worker absolutely free!*

    * Just pay separate processing and handling.

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