Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

This creates problems for what is ordinarily a very useful source, the Atlanta Fed wage growth tracker, which tries to measure median wage. In an equalizing market, median will rise faster than mean, which may give spuriously high numbers 4/ https://t.co/gIJoybYcu8 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 8, 2022

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Now, wage growth very different for supervisors and non, reflecting general equalization of wage rates prob bc of tight labor market 3/ https://t.co/hcud6BYog1 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 8, 2022

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More broadly, should we be paying more attention to nonsupervisory wages than managers' wages? I'd argue the reverse. Think of why we have the concept of core inflation: we want less volatile prices, which are more likely to reflect expected future inflation 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 8, 2022