{"id":13346,"date":"2016-05-18T20:10:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T00:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=13346"},"modified":"2016-05-18T20:10:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T00:10:13","slug":"wage-growth-hits-fresh-lows-abc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/18\/wage-growth-hits-fresh-lows-abc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wage growth hits fresh lows | ABC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Michael Janda:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Wage growth has hit a fresh record low, with workers&#8217; pay rising just 0.4 per cent last quarter and 2.1 per cent over the past year. The latest seasonally adjusted Bureau of Statistics Wage Price Index is growing at the lowest level since the data began in the September quarter of 1998. The weakness in pay rises is particularly evident in the private sector, where wages edged just 1.9 per cent higher over the year to the end of March&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Wage Growth: ABS Index\" alt=\"Wage Growth: ABS Index\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2016\/2016-05-19-wages.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Says a lot for the state of the economy when compared to US wage growth which has recovered to close to 2.5pc a year:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"US Average Hourly Earnings: Production and Nonsupervisory Employees, Total Private\" alt=\"US Average Hourly Earnings: Production and Nonsupervisory Employees, Total Private\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2016\/2016-05-19-earnings2.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-05-18\/wage-price-index-abs-data\/7424912\">Wage growth hits fresh lows, ABS index shows &#8211; ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Michael Janda: Wage growth has hit a fresh record low, with workers&#8217; pay rising just 0.4 per cent last quarter and 2.1 per cent over the past year. 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