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/

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/

Australia Faces Economic Headwinds Amidst Cost of Living Pressures and Foreign Policy Decisions

Why are Australian wages growing slower than prices? Families struggle as inflation hits 5.1 percent while wages only rise by 2.4 percent in 2022.

#australiaeconomy, #costoflivingau, #syriacamp, #wagegrowth, #inflation2022

https://newsletter.tf/why-australian-wages-are-lower-than-inflation-rates/

Prices in Australia rose by 5.1% but wages only went up by 2.4%. This means families have less money to spend on food and rent than they did last year.

#australiaeconomy, #costoflivingau, #syriacamp, #wagegrowth, #inflation2022

https://newsletter.tf/why-australian-wages-are-lower-than-inflation-rates/

I never get tired of tooting #GregJericho ‘s articles, because what he says, most of the time, is not just informative, it’s a booster shot against the #FakeNews and #EconomicMisInformation the #msm spews out — unfortunately with that much misinformation being the main narrative of all but a few news outlets and the #FifthEstate, a lot of it is bound to be believed as truth: like the furphy about increasing wages driving up inflation — everyone should know by now the inflationary dragon is #GreedFlation.

“There hasn’t been a wage breakout since I was in primary school but do not worry – the RBA is still on the watch, ever on alert to raise interest rates in an effort to increase unemployment and lower wage growth.”
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2026/feb/18/real-wages-fall-australia-workers-economy

But the RBA is not about to let a debuked economic theory go to waste. So Greg is warning us of another rate rise likely to come if the RBA stays true to form — and why shouldn’t it?

Read more:
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260220-dont-panic-rba-low-unemployment-is-a-good-thing

#RBA #NeoClassicalEconomics #NeoLiberalEconomics #AusPol #CashRate #Inflation #WageGrowth

UK Unemployment Rate Climbs to Five-Year High as Wage Growth Slows

UK unemployment rate is now 5.2%, the highest in nearly five years. Wage growth is also slowing down. Learn what this means for the economy.

#UKUnemployment, #JobMarket, #Economy, #WageGrowth, #UKNews

https://newsletter.tf/uk-unemployment-jobs-pay-growth-slows-2026/

The number of people without jobs in the UK has gone up to 5.2%, which is the highest it's been in almost five years. At the same time, people's pay is not growing as fast as before. This suggests the economy is slowing down.

#UKUnemployment, #JobMarket, #Economy, #WageGrowth, #UKNews

https://newsletter.tf/uk-unemployment-jobs-pay-growth-slows-2026/

UK Labour Market Shows Signs of Cooling: Unemployment Rises, Wage Growth Slows

UK jobs market is cooling. Unemployment is up and wage growth is down. This means the economy might be changing.

#UKJobs, #Unemployment, #WageGrowth, #Economy, #UKLabourMarket

https://newsletter.tf/uk-jobs-market-slows-unemployment-rises-wage-growth-slows/