Yep. This is that k-shaped economy that the experts were warning about. A direct result from the US administration’s policies and directions. A great time to be rich though! 😐
So, you should have a variety of data to individually check how your real wages are doing,
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Beginning to? Hasn’t that been the case since somewhere around the 80s when people were convinced by politicians that giving more money to the people who already have more than enough would somehow help the people who don’t have enough?
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Yep. This is that k-shaped economy that the experts were warning about. A direct result from the US administration’s policies and directions. A great time to be rich though! 😐
1. This counters trends from 2019-2024/2025, with considerable real wage growth for all income groups, ESPECIALLY the lowest. Evidence [here](https://www.epi.org/publication/strong-wage-growth-for-low-wage-workers-bucks-the-historic-trend/), [here](https://www.clevelandfed.org/publications/economic-commentary/2025/ec-202511-did-inflation-affect-households-differently), and [here.](https://www.clevelandfed.org/publications/cd-reports/2026/20260218-real-hourly-wage-growth-across-lower-half-of-wage-distribution)
2. The [Atlanta Fed](https://www.atlantafed.org/research-and-data/data/wage-growth-tracker) has a nominal wage growth tracker across a variety of different sectors, quartile, ages, education brackets, …
3. The BLS publishes secondary CPI measures, by income quintile, the [R-CPI.](https://www.bls.gov/cpi/research-series/r-cpi-i.htm)
So, you should have a variety of data to individually check how your real wages are doing,
Beginning to? Hasn’t that been the case since somewhere around the 80s when people were convinced by politicians that giving more money to the people who already have more than enough would somehow help the people who don’t have enough?