Your Pay Just Went Backwards: Why Real Wages Tanked in 2025

Real wages dropped 0.3% in 2025 as inflation outpaced pay rises for the first time in two years. Recovery won't come until mid-2027.

The Daily Perspective

Australian Pay Increases Fall Behind Rising Prices for the First Time in Two Years

Australian private sector workers are seeing pay rises (3.4%) that are lower than inflation for the first time in two years. Find out how this affects your buying power.

#AustralianEconomy, #CostOfLiving, #WageGrowth, #Inflation, #RealWages

https://newsletter.tf/australian-private-sector-pay-rises-fall-behind-inflation-for-first-time-in-two-years/

Why Australian Private Sector Pay Rises Are Now Less Than Rising Prices

Australian private sector workers are seeing pay rises (3.4%) that are lower than inflation for the first time in two years. Find out how this affects your buying power.

Australian private sector pay increases are now 3.4%, which is less than the rate of rising prices. This is the first time this has happened in two years.

#AustralianEconomy, #CostOfLiving, #WageGrowth, #Inflation, #RealWages

https://newsletter.tf/australian-private-sector-pay-rises-fall-behind-inflation-for-first-time-in-two-years/

Why Australian Private Sector Pay Rises Are Now Less Than Rising Prices

Australian private sector workers are seeing pay rises (3.4%) that are lower than inflation for the first time in two years. Find out how this affects your buying power.

Japanese stocks opened lower as the Nikkei 225 tracked overnight US market weakness, with profit-taking following recent record highs and disappointing wage data weighing on sentiment.
#YonhapInfomax #Nikkei225 #TOPIX #ProfitTaking #BankOfJapan #RealWages #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=98939
Japanese Stocks Open Lower, Tracking Overnight US Market Weakness

Japanese stocks opened lower as the Nikkei 225 tracked overnight US market weakness, with profit-taking following recent record highs and disappointing wage data weighing on sentiment.

Yonhap Infomax

Some quotes to remember from Corbin Trent (about the US Economy):

"Two full-time workers today have less purchasing power than a single worker did in 1950."

"Any politician promising affordability without a bold plan to shift power back to working people is full of shit."

"We need to reverse a 50-year transfer of $79 trillion from the bottom 90% to the top 1%"

https://www.americasundoing.com/p/it-works-if-you-work-it

#Economics #Inflation #RealWages #PurchasingPower #Inequality #Politics #USPoli #Unions #TaxTheRich

It Works, If You Work It.

For our economy to provide a nice life for all we will need structural reform. How bad is it? This bad.

America's Undoing
The US Department of Labor will release September nonfarm payrolls on the 20th, with real wage data following on the 21st, after delays caused by the federal government shutdown; October’s jobs report may not be published due to incomplete data collection.
#YonhapInfomax #NonfarmPayrolls #USDepartmentOfLabor #FederalShutdown #RealWages #UnemploymentRate #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=91025
Japan's household spending rose 1.4% year-on-year in July, missing forecasts, while real wages turned positive for the first time in seven months amid persistent inflation pressures.
#YonhapInfomax #Japan #HouseholdSpending #RealWages #Inflation #YenExchangeRate #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=80351
Japan's Household Spending Rises 1.4% in July, Missing Expectations

Japan's household spending rose 1.4% year-on-year in July, missing forecasts, while real wages turned positive for the first time in seven months amid persistent inflation pressures.

Yonhap Infomax
The Bank of Japan faces mounting pressure as real wages fall 2.9% and US tariffs loom, forcing policymakers to weigh inflation control against economic support.
#YonhapInfomax #BankOfJapan #RealWages #Inflation #USTariffs #EconomicGrowth #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=71187
BOJ Faces Triple Challenge of Inflation, Wage Stagnation, and Slowing Growth—Policy Under Pressure Amid US Tariff Threat

The Bank of Japan faces mounting pressure as real wages fall 2.9% and US tariffs loom, forcing policymakers to weigh inflation control against economic support.

Yonhap Infomax
If floundering leaders r #newnorm we’re in v dangerous time
"post-WW2 welfare states eroded by capital’s escape fr #regulations, #taxation & #employment #standards tt govts once enacted, & none of e nations’ #governments cld arrest e shift in income fr wages to invts. #Offshoring ⏬️ # of & rewards for jobs in #industry.. broad prosperity of 30 yrs aft WW2, when #democracies w adv econs saw #realwages & median incomes⏫️ due to #preglobal #socialcontracts has long vanished"
https://prospect.org/world/2024-12-23-biden-unpopular-check-out-fellow-leaders/
Think Biden’s Unpopular? Check Out His Fellow Leaders.

If floundering leaders and ineffectual democracies are the new norm, we’re in a very dangerous time.

The American Prospect
In Asia, #Japan's real #wages continue to decline, with stubborn #inflation outpacing nominal wage increases. Despite some positive signs like steady wage hikes, challenges persist in achieving balanced growth in workers' earnings. #Asia #Economy #RealWages