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Quite the contrary, income growth post-covid has disproportionately favored lower income groups[1]. White collar working professionals captured a disproportiona
by thunderbird120 4y ago
Quite the contrary, income growth post-covid has disproportionately favored lower income groups[1]. White collar working professionals captured a disproportionate amount of the growth from the previous recovery as a result of over inflated speculative bubbles resulting from low interest rates lasting nearly a decade. Easy to justify speculative tech companies when you don't need to be profitable any time in the near future, but when interest rates are >0% reality sets in. The idea that the crunch is now hitting the "real" economy is a bit out of touch, but given HN's demographics it's not surprising there's so much screeching.
[1]https://www.dallasfed.org/cd/communities/2022/0808 https://www.dallasfed.org/cd/communities/2022/0808
- nobu-mori 4y agoThe article talks only about nominal wage increases. It also has this gem: > Due to the transient nature of pandemic inflation... Real wages, overall, are decreasing: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm > Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.2 percent from December to January, seasonally adjusted > Real average hourly earnings decreased 1.8 percent, seasonally adjusted, from January 2022 to January 2023