Well here's sources that show that two points are not inaccurate at all, and one is hard to support depending on the stat you choose. And the stat you chose did

Well here's sources that show that two points are not inaccurate at all, and one is hard to support depending on the stat you choose. And the stat you chose did barely increase. (IMO 0.5% in 1 year is suspect in my mind when you include my personal bias that inflation is under reported). Jobs numbers in Oct, Nov, Dec all revised down. [1], [2] Labor participation rate, peaked ~67% in 2000s, down to 61% a year after the pandemic. [3] Looks like you're right that median household income has had real gains "a 0.5-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period." [5] Even more stark when you filter by Men - peaked at 86% in the 50's and has been consistently declining for 70 years to 68%. [4] [1]: https://thehill.com/business/4389966-us-added-216000-jobs-in-december-closing-out-strong-2023/ https://thehill.com/business/4389966-us-added-216000-jobs-in... [2]: https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-02-02-january-jobs-report-beats-expectations-december-numbers-revised-downward/ https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/... [3]: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART [4]: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300001 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300001 [5]: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm